July-August 2014: 9 July: Despite preliminary results that put him behind Ashraf Ghani, Abdullah claims victory in Afghanistan's disputed election - 11 July: Karzai backs UN plan to check votes for fraud - 20 July: Afghan presidential vote audit halted over which ballots to throw out - 8 August: Afghanistan's presidential rivals reached a political agreement that would outline the terms of a power-sharing deal - 21 September 2014: Ashraf Ghani has been officially declared the new president of Afghanistan, Abdullah Abdullah will become chief executive in a power-sharing deal to end months of political gridlock

September/October 2014: 29 September 2014: Incoming Afghan president Ashraf Ghani inaugurated following a long election campaign - 1 October: President Ashraf Ghani reopened an inquiry into the 2010 theft of almost $1 billion from Kabul Bank triggering a financial crisis, fulfilling a campaign promise to make fighting corruption a priority

December 2014: 1 December: Facing intensified Taliban attacks, Afghan president Ashraf Ghani plans to fire senior civilian and military leaders in the country’s most volatile provinces

April/May 2017: 24 April 2017: Afghan president Ashraf Ghani has accepted the resignations of his defence minister and army chief of staff, after more than 140 soldiers were killed last week in the deadliest Taliban attack on a military base - 19 May 2017: Afghanistan’s vice-president Abdul Rashid Dostum has not faced justice over allegations of kidnapping and torture, despite government’s promises, and now has left the country after a six-month standoff and flew to Turkey

June 2017: 3 June 2017 Kabul attack - 3 June 2017: At least seven people have been killed and more than 119 wounded in three separate explosions at a high-profile funeral in Kabul for Salem Izidyar, the son of the senate deputy speaker and one of several protesters killed by Afghan police on Friday at a large demonstration calling for the resignation of the government, after the large truck bomb killed nearly 100 people on Wednesday

6 June 2017: Afghanistan holds peace conference amid violence and protests, also calling on regional powers to help find a way to peace

Social movements and protests in Afghanistan: Protests in Afghanistan - 2012 Afghanistan Quran burning protest - 11 July 2012: Dozens of women, men and rights activists took to the streets of Kabul on Wednesday to protest over the recent public execution of an Afghan woman and to demand justice - 17 September: More than 1.000 people in the Afghan capital Kabul are taking part in an angry demonstration against the US-film mocking Islam

2015: 23 March 2015: Family of Afghan woman Farkhunda, killed by a mob triggered by a mullah in front of Kabul’s Shah-Do Shamshira mosque where she worked as a religious teacher and urged by Kabul police chief 'You have to confirm' that Farkhunda was mentally ill, take comfort from tide of outrage - 24 March: Afghan protesters demand justice for Farkhunda killed by mob - 17 June 2015: At the Afghanistan launch of HeForShe UN campaign for gender equality, a group of Afghan men in Kabul took the very rare step of calling on their male compatriots to take a stand for women’s rights - 9 August 2015: Hundreds of civil society activists and residents of Kabul have gathered over the weekend near the site of a truck bomb attack which killed at least 15 people and wounded over 200 others to remember victims of attacks and to protest against support for terrorists - 11 November 2015: Thousands of people have marched in Kabul, carrying coffins of seven Hazaras, killed by Islamist militants, and pictures of the victims including two women and one child, 'held hostage for months', also protesting against insecurity and the government's inaction - 25 November 2015: A string of vicious murders this year has led to a public furore and protests, energising the national women’s rights movement in Afghanistan

2016: 16 May 2016: Thousands of demonstrators from Afghanistan's Hazara minority marched in protest through Kabul saying that they are missing out on a multi-million dollar power transmission line - 5 novembre 2016: Après au moins 30 civils ont péri dans des raids aériens des Etats-Unis, des manifestations ont éclaté à Kunduz et des dizaines de proches des victimes se sont rassemblés devant les bureaux du gouverneur, transportant des corps d'enfants tués

June 2017: 2 June 2017: At least four Afghans have been killed including Salem Izidyar, as police fired live rounds to disperse protesters calling for president Ashraf Ghani to step down and chanting 'death to the Taliban' after devastating Kabul truck bombing, which killed at least 90 people and injured more than 460

Society, demographics, culture and human rights in Afghanistan: Afghan society

Demographics and ethnic groups in Afghanistan: Demographics of Afghanistan - Ethnic groups in Afghanistan, including Pashtun, Tajik, Hazara, Uzbek, Aimak, Turkmen, Baloch, Pashai, Nuristani, Gujjar, Arab, Brahui, Pamiri and some others - Ethnic groups in Afghanistan by province

Afghan diaspora: Afghan diaspora, citizens of Afghanistan who have immigrated to other countries, or people of Afghan origin who are born outside Afghanistan, traditionally the borders between Afghanistan and its southern and eastern neighbouring countries have been fluid and vagueand like other nations that were created by European empires

Culture and languages in Afghanistan: Culture of Afghanistan - Languages of Afghanistan - Music of Afghanistan - 20 January 2013: Afghanistan's Institute of Music helps revitalise a ruined culture and gives children a chance to transform their lives

Education in Afghanistan: Education in Afghanistan - Category: Education in Afghanistan - 16 October 2012: The number of girls enrolled in education in 2010 was 79%, up from 4% in 1999 during Taliban rule, Unesco says

Health and healthcare in Afghanistan: Health in Afghanistan - WHO 2014: Afghanistan's public health issues and concerns

2014: 25 February 2014: Despite years of aid, medical care in Afghanistan remains severely limited as casualty rates from violence climb, according to MSF report

2015: 3 October 2015 bombing of Médecins Sans Frontières hospital in Kunduz - 5 October 2015: After the USA air attack on the MSF hospital in Kunduz killed 22 people, 'no young Afghan doctor is going to risk their life and travel to the provinces to work'

Children in Afghanistan:

2012/2013: 10 February 2012: Hamid Karzai accuses NATO on Thursday of killing eight children in a coalition airstrike in eastern Afghanistan - 31 August 2012: The decapitated bodies of a 7-year-old girl and a 12-year-old boy found in the country's south and east - 6 September 2012: Third of children in Afghan south acutely malnourished - 10 June 2013: Taliban fighters beheaded two boys aged 10 and 16 as a warning to villagers not to cooperate with the Afghan government - 19 July: A bomb killed five young children and a woman when it exploded after being made at the home of a Taliban commander in eastern Afghanistan

2014: 8 January 2014: 10-year-old Afghan girl Spozhmai who says her brother sought to use her as a suicide bomber is asking President Karzai to find her a new home - 13 January: Afghan girl Spozhmai told journalists how her family forced her to attack a police checkpoint with a suicide vest

2016: 3 February 2016: 10-year-old Afghan Wasil Ahmad, who fought the Taliban alongside his uncle on many occasions, has been shot dead by insurgents near his home in Tirin Kot, capital of the southern Uruzgan province, while on his way to school

2017: 6 February 2017: 923 children killed and 2,589 injured in Afghanistan in 2016, as Isis expands operations, according to the UN, which has documented 11,418 civilian casualties, including 3,498 deaths

Human Rights in Afghanistan: Human rights in Afghanistan - 3 March 2015: Rights group accuses high-ranking officials in Afghanistan of allowing extrajudicial killings and brutal practices to flourish after fall of Taliban

Torture in Afghanistan: Torture in Afghanistan - Bagram torture and prisoner abuse - 11 October 2011: UN finds 'systematic' torture in Afghanistan - 20 January 2013: The UN says torture in Afghan prisons continues to be widespread despite its recommendations in a similar report in 2011 - 'few investigations and no prosecutions for those responsible' - 1 June 2013: Britain must investigate torture in Iraq, Afghanistan, UN says

Religion and freedom of religion in Afghanistan: Religion in Afghanistan - Islam in Afghanistan - Buddhism in Afghanistan - Freedom of religion in Afghanistan

2015: 23 March 2015: Afghani woman beaten to death by mob was falsely accused of burning Quran - 23 March 2015: Family of Afghan woman Farkhunda, killed by a mob triggered by a mullah in front of Kabul’s Shah-Do Shamshira mosque where she worked as a religious teacher and urged by Kabul police chief 'You have to confirm' that Farkhunda was mentally ill, take comfort from tide of outrage - 6 May 2015: Afghan judge sentences four to death over mob killing of Afghan woman Farkhunda

Ideology of Taliban: Ideology of Taliban - Taliban propaganda - 21 April 2013: Taliban punished two Afghans with amputations, police and one of the victims said

Terrorism in Afghanistan

Taliban treatment of women

Women's rights in Afghanistan: Women's rights in Afghanistan

2012: Human Rights Watch report 28 March 2012: Imprisonment of Afghan women and girls for flight from unlawful forced marriage or domestic violence - 17. April: Laut Behördenberichten haben islamische Extremisten und Gegner von Mädchenschule 150 Mädchen an einer weiterführenden Schule mit kontaminiertem Wasser vergiftet und einige schwer verletzt - 5 July: Woman, children beheaded in Afghan 'dishonour killing' - 8 July: Taliban publicly execute woman accused of adultery in front of a crowd near Kabul - 11 July: Dozens of women, men and rights activists took to the streets of Kabul on Wednesday to protest over the recent public execution of an Afghan woman and to demand justice - 13 July: Female Afghan politician Hanifa Safi killed in a bomb attack in eastern Afghanistan - 24 July: Afghan cleric charged with raping 10-year-old schoolgirl - HRW 18 September: Free Women Jailed for ‘Running Away’ - 30 September: Violence stalks women workers in Afghanistan - 10 December: Afghan women's affairs official in Laghman province Nadia Sidiqi, just months after her predecessor was blown up by a bomb, shot dead by suspected Taliban - 11 December 2012: Afghan women victims of violence are still being failed by the justice system, according to a new UN report

2013: 23 January 2013: After her daughter Khatera was threatened and then murdered, Anisa Azam sued the Afghan police for failing to do their job - 18 May: Afghanistan's parliament failed to pass a law on Saturday banning violence against women - 24 May: Women on Afghan frontlines to fight Taliban - 25 juin: Huit femmes et un enfant d'une même famille ont été tués par une bombe dans la province de Kandahar, alors qu'ils se rendaient à une cérémonie de fiançailles - 4 July: Afghan women's rights activists react with alarm after court reverses conviction in torture of young woman - 4 July: Helmand's top female police officer and mother of three Islam Bibi was killed on her way to work, after receiving death threats from Taliban and even from her family - 14 juillet 2013: À l'école de Dah Yaya des filles apprennent à dire 'non' aux choix qui leur sont imposés - 20 July: One of President Karzai's main religious advisers will not overturn a decree issued by clerics in the north reimposing Taliban-style curbs on women - 13 August: Taliban kidnapped female MP Fariba Ahmadi Kakar who was travelling by car through Afghanistan's central Ghazni province with her children - 5/6 Septembe: Suspected Taliban militants shot dead the Indian author Sushmita Banerjee, married to Afghan businessman Jaanbaz Khan in the Paktika province, running a health clinic and writer of a popular book about her dramatic escape from the Taliban in the 90s, saying 'The way I fought against Taliban, every woman should too' - 16 September: Gunmen shot the top female police officer Negar in Helmand province - 17 September: An unpublished UN report on female police officers in Afghanistan found accounts of pervasive sexual assault and harassment by their male colleagues - 10 December: Police rescue woman from Taliban stoning to death - 19 December: Alarm rises for Afghan women prisoners after Western troops leave

2014: 4 January: Violent crime against women in Afghanistan hit record levels and became increasingly brutal in 2013, the head of its human rights commission Sima Samar says - 8 March: Herat marks International Women’s Day by launching the first Herat International Women’s Film Festival

2015: 16 February: Popular female politician Angiza Shinwari in east Afghanistan died in hospital following a bomb attack on her vehicle - 23 March 2015: Afghani woman beaten to death by mob was falsely accused of burning Quran - 23 March 2015: Family of Afghan woman Farkhunda, killed by a mob triggered by a mullah in front of Kabul’s Shah-Do Shamshira mosque where she worked as a religious teacher and urged by Kabul police chief 'You have to confirm' that Farkhunda was mentally ill, take comfort from tide of outrage - 6 May 2015: Afghan judge sentences four to death over mob killing of Afghan woman Farkhunda - 3 November 2015: A video has emerged of an Afghan woman, married against her will and stoned to death in Ghalmeen - 28 décembre 2015: Une bénévole travaillant pour une campagne d'éradication de la poliomyélite en Afghanistan a été abattue par deux inconnus circulant à moto, et sa petite-fille a été blessée dans l'agression

Media of Afghanistan: Media of Afghanistan

Newspapers in Afghanistan - Radio stations in Afghanistan - Television in Afghanistan

21 March 2014: Afghan journalists boycott Taliban coverage following the assault on Kabul’s Serena Hotel killing nine civilians, including a local journalist, his wife and two young children - 23 March 2014: Hundreds of journalists and international media organisations are enforcing a voluntary ban on broadcasting Taliban attacks, after Taliban murdered nine innocent civilians including five and three-year-old children in Kabul

Internet in Afghanistan: Internet in Afghanistan

List of journalists killed during the War in Afghanistan (2001–present): List of journalists killed during the War in Afghanistan (2001–present)

2014: 24 January 2014: Journalist Noor Ahmed Noori, working for radio station in Afghanistan, found burned and mutilated inside a bag in Helmand province - On 11 March 2014 Swedish journalist Nils Horner shot dead in a street in Kabul in execution-style - 11 March 2014: Swedish journalist Nils Horner, who also had British citizenship, was shot to death on Tuesday while he was talking to a translator on a street in Kabul - 12 March: Taliban splinter group says it killed British-Swedish reporter Nils Horner - 21 March: Afghan journalists boycott Taliban coverage after Kabul hotel attack kills reporter Sardar Ahmad and children - 4 April 2014: A gunman in Afghan police uniform shot two foreign journalists in eastern Khost province killing photographer Anja Niedringhaus and injuring reporter Kathy Gannon

Crime in Afghanistan: Crime in Afghanistan

Terrorism in Afghanistan: Terrorism in Afghanistan - Terrorist incidents in Afghanistan by type - Terrorist incidents in Afghanistan by year

Victims of the Taliban: Taliban - Victims of the Taliban

2010/2011: 9 March 2011: The annual UN report on civilian casualties shows that more than two-thirds of the 2,777 civilians killed last year were the victims of insurgents, a 28% increase on 2009, and that by contrast Nato and Afghan government forces were responsible for killing 440

2014: 17 December 2014: A day after Pakistan Taliban attacked a school in Peshawar killing at least 141 people, Taliban storm New Kabul bank in Lashkar Gah in Helmand, killing at least 10 people

2017: 17 July 2017: Civilian deaths at record high in 16-year war, says UN, as the number of deaths of women and children grew especially fast, primarily due to the Taliban’s use of homemade bombs, which caused 40% of civilian casualties in the first six months of 2017

Opium production in Afghanistan: Opium production in Afghanistan

2016: 23 octobre 2016: La culture d'opium en Afghanistan, premier producteur d'héroïne au monde, a atteint cette année son 3e niveau de production le plus élevé depuis 20 ans, selon l'ONU, qui estime que la surface cultivée a augmenté d'environ 10% par rapport à 2015

Illegal drug trade in Afghanistan: Illegal drug trade in Afghanistan

Allegations of CIA drug trafficking in Afghanistan: Allegations of CIA drug trafficking in Afghanistan

Corruption, fraud etc.: Corruption, fraud etc. in Afghanistan - Corruption in Afghanistan - Shirini - Integrity Watch Afghanistan

2013-2016: 5 March 2013: The former chiefs of Kabul Bank Sherkhan Farnood and Khalilullah Ferozi have been sentenced to five years in jail for the multi-million dollar fraud that almost led to its collapse in 2010 - 19 April 2015: UN investigation finds corruption in Afghan police oversight division - 14 September 2016: From the very beginning of its intervention in Afghanistan 15 years ago, the USA sabotaged its own efforts by feeding corruption in the country’s government and the security forces meant to fight the Taliban, according to a new report by a USA Congress watchdog

Law and law enforcement in Afghanistan: Law of Afghanistan - Law enforcement in Afghanistan

Judiciary of Afghanistan: Judiciary of Afghanistan, still under construction as the Justice Ministry is now (May 2016) working to set up a workable judicial system with lower and a higher courts in every province as in rural areas, where local elders and tribal authorities resolve criminal cases, Taliban laws have remained in effect, and verdicts often are based on Islamic and tribal law

Supreme Court of Afghanistan: Supreme Court of Afghanistan, the court of last resort in Afghanistan created by the Constitution of Afghanistan, which was approved in January 2004 - Chief Justice of Afghanistan

Afghan National Police: Afghan National Police, the primary police force of Afghanistan, serving all across the country under the responsibility of Afghanistan's Ministry of Interior and having about 157,000 active members as of September 2013 - Afghan Public Protection Force since 2009, organized as a State Owned Enterprise and designed to contract with both domestic and international customers for security services within Afghanistan

Foreign relations of Afghanistan: Foreign relations of Afghanistan

Invasions and wars targeting and involving Afghanistan: Wars targeting and involving Afghanistan - Invasions of Afghanistan - as Afghanistan is a mountainous landlocked country in Central Asia and South Asia, the Afghanistan area has been invaded many times in recorded history, some of these invaders in the history of Afghanistan include Indians, Alexander the Great, Caliphate, Genghis Khan, Timur, Mughal Empire, various Persian Empires, British Empire, Sikh Empire, Soviet Union, and currently a coalition force of NATO troops - List of wars involving Afghanistan

Foreign aid to Afghanistan and 'phantom aid':

2002-2009: Phantom aid in Afghanistan, an aid that never reaches the intended recipients and that gets looted in many ways, as Afghanistan has received approximately $35 billion of international aid between 2002 and 2009, however, much of this aid has not helped ease poverty or improve economic and living conditions

2011/2012: 8. Juni 2011: Selbstbeurteilung der Afghanistan-Hilfe der USA als wenig effektiv - 9. September 2011: Nach jahrzehntelangen Kriegszerstörungen steht Afghanistan vor wirtschaftlichem Kollaps - 30 July 2012: Hundreds of millions of US taxpayer dollars may have been wasted on poorly managed infrastructure projects in Afghanistan, a report to USA Congress says - 28 November 2012: Independent Joint Anti-Corruption Monitoring and Evaluation Committee published its report declaring that US$5 billion, including $400 million the Kabul Bank’s shareholders, were illegally transferred abroad

2016: October 2016 Brussels conference on Afghanistan

Afghanistan/European Union relations: Eupol Afghanistan is a European Union mission since 2007 to support and train police in Afghanistan, and improve the rule of law

Afghanistan/France relations: Afghanistan/France relations - French forces in Afghanistan - 20 November: France ends Afghan combat role - 29 April: The outgoing French ambassador to Afghanistan Bernard Bajolet blamed the country’s rampant corruption and the drug trade on the country's failure to establish itself as an independent country

Afghanistan/India relations: Afghanistan/India relations - 4 October 2011: 'Strategic partnership' between Afghanistan and India signed by Karzai and Singh in Delhi - 12 November: Afghan President Karzai is in New Delhi, holding delegation-level talks with PM Manmohan Singh - 12 November: India and Afghanistan to intensify cooperation, especially in the sectors of agriculture, small business and mining - 3 July 2013: Three Indian workers were killed in Tuesday's Taliban attack on a guest house in Kabul - 3 August: A suicide blast outside the Indian consulate in Jalalabad has reportedly left at least eight people dead and another 12 injured - 5 September: Suspected Taliban militants shot dead the Indian author Sushmita Banerjee, writer of a popular book about her dramatic escape from the Taliban in the 90s, in eastern Afghan province of Paktika - 11 December: Hamid Karzai heads to India waving wish list of military hardware

Afghanistan/Iran relations: Afghanistan/Iran relations

2015: 5 November 2015: Iran is recruiting Afghan refugees to fight in the foreign military contingent supporting Assad's regime in Syria, promising a monthly salary and residence permits

Afghanistan/New Zealand relations: Afghanistan/New Zealand relations

Afghanistan/Pakistan relations: Afghanistan/Pakistan relations

since 1980: Afghan-Pakistani Haqqani network 1980–present, USA and ISI's fosterling - 9 July 2013: Former ISI chief Ahmed Shuja Pasha has admitted that the deadly Haqqani network was created by it and USA's CIA and claimed that the insurgent group's chief Haqqani had 'in fact been invited to the White House by President Reagan'

2012-2014: 24 December 2012: Pakistan shares the Kabul government's goal of transforming the Taliban insurgency into a political movement, an Afghan official says - 21 June 2013: Afghanistan and Pakistan trade accusations at UN over the whereabouts of Islamist extremists on their border - 26 August: President Karzai seeks Pakistan's help to arrange peace talks with Taliban

2016: 4 October 2016: Afghan exodus from Pakistan could be 'catastrophic' without urgent aid, UN warns

Afghanistan/Qatar relations: Afghanistan/Qatar relations - 20 June: US welcomes Qatar's decision to take down a sign that cast the Taliban's new office in Doha as a rival Afghan embassy saying the militant group can't represent itself 'as an emirate, government or sovereign' - 20 June: Afghan government anger at opening of Taliban office in Qatar leads US to suspend plans to attend talks

Afghanistan/Sweden relations: Afghanistan/Sweden relations

Since 1980 'Swedish Committee for Afghanistan': 'Swedish Committee for Afghanistan' aid organisation active in Afghanistan since 1980

2014: On 11 March 2014 Swedish journalist Nils Horner shot dead in a street in Kabul in execution-style - 11 March 2014: Swedish journalist Nils Horner was shot and killed in Kabul in an attack that many worry reflects the growing danger for foreigners in Afghanistan’s capital

2017: 21 May 2017: Unknown gunmen entered a compound housing employees working for Operation Mercy, a Swedish charity in Kabul, killing a German woman and an Afghan guard, and abducting a Finnish woman

Afghanistan/Turkmenistan relations: Afghanistan/Turkmenistan relations - Trans-Afghanistan Pipeline - Afghanistan Oil Pipeline

Afghanistan/United Kingdom relations: Afghanistan/United Kingdom relations: Anglo-Afghanische Kriege - War in Afghanistan since 2001

2012/2013: 18 January 2012: UK troops quizzed over Afghan child abuse - 21 July 2012: More than 800 historic artefacts stolen from museums in Afghanistan returned to Afghanistan - 11 October 2012: Seven UK marines arrested on suspicion of a murder which occurred in Afghanistan in 2011 - 14 October: Five UK marines charged with murder - 24 January 2013: Playing royals in action - the third-in-line to the throne Harry confirmed he shot dead insurgents from the cockpit, saying he took the enemy 'out of the game' - 29 May 2013: Afghans unlawfully held by British forces at Camp Bastion - 29 May: UK to transfer scores of detainees to Afghan facilities - 1 June 2013: Britain must investigate torture in Iraq, Afghanistan, UN says - 4 June 2013: Two British soldiers convicted of abusing Afghans - On 11 March 2014 Swedish journalist Nils Horner shot dead in a street in Kabul in execution-style - 11 March 2014: Swedish journalist Nils Horner, who also had British citizenship, was shot to death on Tuesday while he was talking to a translator on a street in Kabul - 27 April 2014: A commission appointed by Karzai to investigate detention facilities run by USA and British forces claimed to have uncovered secret prisons on two coalition bases

2014: 11 March 2014: Swedish journalist Nils Horner, who also had British citizenship, was shot to death on Tuesday while he was talking to a translator on a street in Kabul - 3/4 December 2014: London Conference on Afghanistan 2014 co-hosted by the UK and Afghanistan - 3 December: In London Afghan president Ghani will have his first meeting with global supporters to discuss the country’s future - 4 December: Afghan president promises to tackle corruption if west holds firm on aid

Afghanistan/United Nations relations: Afghanistan/United Nations relations - UN resolutions concerning Afghanistan - 1 July 2013: UN deputy chief reiterates commitment to country’s long-term development in Afghanistan - 3/4 April 2014: UN's Ban Ki-moon urges all Afghan men and women to fully participate in Presidential and Provincial Council elections on April 5, as UNAMA condemns deadly attack on foreign journalists in the Tani district of Khost province

Afghanistan/USA relations: Afghanistan/USA relations - The Guardian: US gave silent backing to Taliban rise to power

CIA activities: CIA activities in Pakistan

1980–present: Afghan-Pakistani Haqqani network 1980–present, USA's and ISI's fosterling - 9 July 2013: Former ISI chief Ahmed Shuja Pasha has admitted that the deadly Haqqani network was created by it and USA's CIA and claimed that the insurgent group's chief Haqqani had 'in fact been invited to the White House by President Reagan'

2011: 31 May 2011: Karzai bans Nato strikes on Afghan homes - 17 July 2011: Nato begins security handover to local forces in Bamiyan - 16 November: Karzai lays out conditions for US partnership demanding night raids by US and Nato stopped - 5 December: Afghan conference in Bonn as Nato troops eye exit and Pakistan is boycotting the talks - 28 December: President Karzai backs Taliban Qatar office plan

2012: AP 4 January 2012: Taliban to open Qatar office for talks with US - 7 January: Karzai demands US cede Afghan prison control - 30 January: Several Taliban negotiators have begun meeting with American officials in Qatar, where they are discussing preliminary trust-building measures - 16 February: After 11 years of war Afghanistan and USA in 'Taliban talks', Karzai says - 11 mars: Un soldat américain a tué 16 personnes, dont neuf enfants et trois femmes, dimanche matin dans la province de Kandahar - 12 March: The Afghan Parliament demands that the US soldier who killed 16 villagers in their homes should be put on public trial in Afghanistan - 13 March: Hundreds of university students took to the streets in Afghanistan's eastern city of Jalalabad Tuesday to protest the rampage by a US soldier who killed 16 villagers - 15 March: The US soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan villagers has been flown by US military from Afghanistan out to Kuwait - 16 March: US 'did not co-operate' with Kandahar probe - Karzai, in meeting with families of 16 victims, says his investigators were denied access to the accused US soldier - 17 March: US soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians in Kandahar identified as Staff Sergeant Robert Bales - 17 March: British BBC considers the 'personality' of the murder (back in the USA) of Afghan civilians and children and not the situation of the victims and their families - outcry for justice? USA and UK are the murder and responsible, some hundreds of years - 2 mai: Attentat des Taliban à Kaboul et six morts après la visite surprise de Barack Obama à Kaboul aussi prononcant un discours télévisé à l’adresse des Américains depuis la base militaire de Bagram - 7 July: In Kabul USA secretary of state Hillary Clinton designating Afghanistan a major non-NATO ally shortly before major aid conference in Tokyo - 10 September: USA to transfer Bagram prison to Afghans - 25 September: Afghans hail action over USA Marines abuse - 5/6 November: Najeeban in southern Afghanistan is a ghost village, deserted by the surviving inhabitants after a murderous rampage, as Sergeant Robert Bales is due in USA court for a military hearing and prosecutors say they will seek death penalty for Robert Bales, accused of killing 16 civilians - 11 November: USA military court hears Afghan massacre accounts - 12 November: USA Sergeant Bales watches as child after child describes the bloodbath that left their parents and other loved ones dead - 19 November: Afghan president Karzai says USA forces continue to capture and detain Afghans in violation of a deal signed earlier this year

Kandahar massacre 11 March 2012 and trial 2013: Kandahar massacre 11 March 2012 - 5 June 2013: US Sgt. Bales pleads guilty in Afghan massacre - 21 August 2013: Afghan victims confront USA soldier accused of massacre - 24 August: USA army sergeant Bales who murdered 16 Afghan villagers in a horrific rampage was sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole

2013 three-city USA tour of Afghan youth orchestra: 9 February 2013: Afghan youth orchestra begins first three-city US tour

2013: 24 February: The Afghan government demands the withdrawal of USA special forces from Wardak and Logar within two weeks accusing them of fuelling 'insecurity and instability' in the volatile provinces - 25 March: US to hand over Bagram jail to Afghans - 29 April 2013: For more than a decade, wads of USA dollars packed into suitcases, backpacks and, on occasion, plastic shopping bags have been dropped off every month or so at the offices of Afghanistan's president - 'courtesy' of the CIA - 19 June: After the Afghan militants opened an office in Qatar to oversee peace negotiations, US officials will meet with Taliban representatives within days - 19 June: The Taliban today claimed responsibility for an overnight attack at Bagram air base that killed four US troops, just hours after USA said its officials would meet the insurgents for talks - 19 June: The Afghan government lashed out at USA efforts to broker peace with the Taliban, suspending security talks with Washington and threatening to boycott contacts with the insurgents - 20 June: USA welcomes Qatar's decision to take down a sign that cast the Taliban's new office in Doha as a rival Afghan embassy saying the militant group can't represent itself 'as an emirate, government or sovereign' - 20 June: Afghan government anger at opening of Taliban office in Qatar leads USA to suspend plans to attend talks - 17 July: Afghan suspect blames USA commandos for civilian murders - 13 September: Deadly truck bomb hits US consulate in Afghanistan - 13 October: Dispute on immunity for USA troops blocks Afghan-USA security pact - 21 November: Afghanistan and USA agree on post 2014 military deal text - 21 novembre: Ouverture de la Loya Jirga, examen de l'accord avec les Etats-Unis - 24 November: Afghan council endorses USA security deal and seeks immediate signing - 26 November: USA says may pull out all troops from Afghanistan as Karzai holds up deal - 13 December: USA can't be aggressive, intimidatory, Afghanistan president Karzai says

2014: 27 April: A commission appointed by Karzai to investigate detention facilities run by USA and British forces claimed to have uncovered secret prisons on two coalition bases - 26 May 2014: Afghanistan expresses anger at USA monitoring 'nearly all' phone calls - 28 May 2014: Announcing a plan to leave 9,800 troops in Afghanistan in 2015, Obama says it's not USA's responsibility to make Afghanistan a perfect place - 28 May: Afghanistan's Karzai welcomes USA plan to withdraw troops by 2016 - 10 December: Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani vows to investigate CIA abuse in his country, saying torture described in the USA Senate report 'violates all accepted norms of human rights in the world' - 21 December: USA sends four Afghan Guantanamo prisoners home

2016: 18 janvier 2016: Les autorités afghanes, le Pakistan, la Chine et les Etats-Unis d'Amérique ont repris leurs discussions pour régler le conflit avec les talibans - 28 March: A USA soldier shot and killed an Afghan boy on Monday near an American airfield close to the capital Kabul - 22 May 2016: Afghan Taliban have confirmed the death of leader Mullah Akhtar Mansoor after the USA military announced he was the target of a drone strike in Pakistan - 29 September 2016: Suspected USA drone strike on a home in eastern Afghanistan, where civilians were sleeping after having gathered to welcome home a tribal elder from hajj pilgrimage, has killed at least 15 civilians and injured another 13, according to the United Nations, calling for an independent inquiry - 3 November 2016: As many as 30 civilians were killed in a USA airstrike on Thursday morning called in to protect USA and Afghan troops involved in heavy fighting with the Taliban near Kunduz

War in Afghanistan since 2001: War in Afghanistan since 2001

Civil war in Afghanistan 1992–1996 leads to the Taliban controlling most of Afghanistan - Taliban and Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan 1996-2001 - Civil war in Afghanistan 1996–2001 Taliban period

Terrorism in Afghanistan

International Security Assistance Force (ISAF)

"Afghan War Diary" - War crimes in Afghanistan - Civilian casualties of the war in Afghanistan (2001-present)

May 2011: 1 May 2011: 12-year-old boy suicide attack - 18. Mai: Provinz Tahar - Tote bei Protesten nach Nato-Angriff - 29. Mai 2011: 12 Kinder bei Nato-Luftangriff getötet

June 2011: 18. Juni 2011: Karzai bestätigt Gespräche USA-Taliban - 23. Juni 2011: Obama kündigt Abzug von 10.000 Soldaten bis Ende 2011 an - 23 June 2011: Obama announces withdrawal of 10.000 troops this year and another 23.000 by the end of September 2012 - 23. Juni 2011: Nach den USA kündigen weitere Länder Truppenabzug an - 29 juin 2011: Deux journalistes francais retenus en otage par les Talibans libérés après 547 jours

July 2011: 7 July: Afghan protests at civilians deaths in Nato air strike - UN: Deadliest six months for Afghan civilians (14 July 2011) - Nato begins security handover to local forces in Bamiyan 17 July 2011 - 23. Juli 2011: Kommandoübergabe auch in Masar-i-Scharif Juli 2011 - 28 July: BBC reporter Ahmed Omed Khpalwak among 17 victims killed in Afghan Taliban blasts

September 2011: 7 September 2011: Nato suspends Afghan prison transfers - torture allegations - 8 September 2011: Nato-led forces killed BBC-reporter Ahmed Omed Khpulwak - shot dead by an USA-soldier (compare July 28) - 11 September 2011: Five Afghan civilians (including a 3-year-old girl) killed, several Afghans and dozens of US-soldiers wounded in a Taliban suicide bombing targeting USA-base in Wardak province - 21 September: Afghans gather to mourn Burhanuddi Rabbani killed by a suicide bomber - 23 September: Karzai vows to continue Afghan peace effort

October 2011: 29. Oktober 2011: Schwerer Taliban-Angriff auf Nato-Truppen in Kabul

November 2011: 2 November: Turkey summit to map out Afghan future - 24. November 2011: Sechs Kinder bei Nato-Luftangriff in der Provinz Kandahar getötet

December 2011: 8 December 2011: Kabul in grief after Ashoura shrine blast as Karzai vows to take up the issue with Pakistan

January 2012: 12 January 2012: US military to probe 'marine abuse video' - 13 January: US Marines identify desecrators of corpes in Afghanistan as the international community condemns the new US crime - 13 February: US Marine unit in Afghanistan abuse video identified - 18. Januar: Ermittlungen gegen britische Afghanistan-Soldaten wegen Mißbrauchs von Kindern - 19 January: Ongoing atrocities against civilians despite promised talks - 20 January: France suspends Afghan troop training after a deadly attack of an Afghan army soldier - 21. Januar: Frankreich erwägt rascheren Abzug aus Afghanistan

February 2012: 4 February 2012: Afghan civilian deaths rise for fifth year, UN says - 10 February: Hamid Karzai accuses NATO on Thursday of killing eight children in a coalition airstrike in eastern Afghanistan - 23 February: Violence over the burning of copies of the Quran by NATO troops at a military base in Afghanistan - 26 February: Withdrawal of all foreign advisers in Afghanistan announced after killing of two US military officers in Kabul's interior ministry

March 2012: 11 March: US soldier kills Afghan civilians in Kandahar - 15. März 2012: Karzai will Nato früher aus Afghanistan haben - ISAF-Truppen sollen sich ab sofort aus Dörfern zurückziehen – Taliban sagen Gespräche mit den USA ab - 16. März 2012: Schon wieder getötete afghanische Kinder, diesmal durch Nato-Helikopterabsturz auf ein Wohnhaus in Kabul

April 2012: 16 April: Sunday Taliban assault on Afghan capital 'over' - officials say all Taliban fighters involved in Kabul attack are dead - 17. April 2012: Laut Behördenberichten haben islamische Extremisten und Gegner von Mädchenschule 150 Mädchen an einer weiterführenden Schule mit kontaminiertem Wasser vergiftet und einige schwer verletzt - 19 April: Probe ordered into behaviour depicted by images showing US troops posing with mangled bodies of suspected suicide bombers

May 2012: 13. Mai 2012: Rückschlag für Dialog mit den Taliban - afghanischer Vermittler Maulwi Arsala Rahman ermordet - 19 May: 13 dead in Afghan suicide bombing at a lunch gathering of Afghan police and local civilians in southeast Afghanistan - 21 May: 'Hard days ahead' in Afghanistan, Obama says at a Nato summit in Chicago dominated by the issue of withdrawal from Afghanistan - 27 May: An airstrike by the US-led NATO coalition killa eight members of a family in eastern Afghanistan, Afghan authorities say

June 2012: 6 June: 17 civilians have been killed in a NATO airstrike in eastern Afghanistan, the head of Logar provincial council says - 9 June: Visiting Logar province US general apologises for Afghan deaths - 9 June: Start of French troop pullout in July confirmed hours after four French soldiers were killed - 22 juin: Les talibans attaquent un hôtel proche de Kaboul - 26 June: Four villages in country's east create National Uprising Movement to protect residents from violence

July 2012: 8 July: Donors at an international conference in Tokyo have pledged to give $16bn in civilian aid over four years, in an attempt to safeguard Afghanistan's future - 9 July: Roadside bombs and attacks killed and injured Afghan civilians, policemen and Nato members - 13 July: Female Afghan politician Hanifa Safi killed in a bomb attack in eastern Afghanistan - 14 July: Suicide bomber kills 22 in northern Afghanistan - MP Ahmad Khan Samangani killed in the attack - 14 July: The deadly suicide bombing in Samangan Province targeted a wedding party for MP Ahmad Khan's daughter - 15 July: Afghan minister Obaidullah Obaid survives a bomb attack on his motorcade in northern Afghanistan

August 2012: 20 August: New Zealand signals exit from Afghanistan earlier in 2013 than planned - 27 August: Taliban attack an Afghan army post in the troubled southern province of Helmand - 28 August: A group of 17 civilians - 15 men and two women - have been killed by the Taliban in southern Afghanistan

September 2012: 1 September: A suicide bombing at a large NATO military base in central Afghanistan kills at least six Afghan civilians - 4 September: Suicide bomber killed at least 25 civilians and wounded dozens at a funeral for a village elder in the village of Shagai in the Durbaba district - 8 September: Taliban claims responsibility for a 'teenage' suicide bomber attack that kills six people, the dead and wounded all street sellers aged between 12 and 17 - 10 September: At least 16 people killed in blast targeting policemen at crowded intersection in urban capital of Kunduz province - 15 September: The Taliban say they carried out an attack on Nato's Camp Bastion in revenge for the film made in the US seen as insulting to Islam - 16 September: Four foreign soldiers and one Afghan policeman killed in latest 'insider' attack in Zabul province - 16 September: Nato air strike kills at least eight women and children in Laghman and injured seven - nobody protects the Afghan people and civilians against deadly attacks and war crimes, repeated again and again - 18 September: Hezb-e-Islami group claims responsibility for a female suicide attack on a minibus in Kabul killing 12 people, including several foreigners working for an international courier company

October 2012: 1 October: Suicide bomber wearing police uniform kills 13 in Khost, including at least three police and three Nato soldiers - 13 October: At least eight people were killed in attacks in southern Afghanistan - 15 October: Afghan officials say that a NATO air strike killed three children while it was targeting Taliban planting mines on a road in Helmand province's Nawa district - 26 October: In a second suspected insider attack in two days two US troops die in the southern Uruzgan province - 26 October: Attack by man in police uniform leaves over 40 killed and injured outside mosque in northern province of Faryab - 30 October: Apparent insider attack kills two NATO troops in Nahri Sarraj district - 31 October: A roadside bomb blew up a civilian truck in Musa Qala that killed 10, including seven young women and three children

November 2012: 4 November: A roadside bombing in southern Afghanistan has killed a district police chief, as fighters increasingly target Afghan security forces amid the draw-down of foreign troops - 11 November: A mother and her newborn baby were among six family members killed in a roadside bombing in eastern Afghanistan - 11/12 November: Nato soldier killed in the latest 'insider' attack in a joint camp in Nad Ali district of Helmand province while 11 Afghan civilians lose their lives in land mine blasts - 21 novembre: Un attentat suicide dans l'enclave diplomatique de Kaboul mercredi matin a fait deux morts - 23 November: A Taliban suicide bomber kills two people and wounds 40 others, including women and children, in an attack in Wardak province - 29 November: A roadside bomb exploded under a passenger van in the Deh Rawood district of Uruzgan province, killing 10 people, most of them women and children

December 2012: 2 December: Taliban suicide attack on Afghan NATO base kills 12 in Jalalabad - 10 December: Suspected Taliban gunmen shoot dead women's affairs official in Laghman, while Nimroz province police chief dies in roadside bombing - 17 December: Collecting firewood several young girls have been killed in a landmine explosion in Nangarhar province - 20 December: A roadside bomb kills two policemen and five civilians in Zaranj, Nimroz province - 24 December: A female Afghan police officer shot and wounded a Nato advisor in Kabul police headquarters - 26 December: A Taliban suicide bomber killed three people in an attack on a US base in the eastern town of Khost, the base that is believed to be used by the CIA - 27 December: Four Afghan policemen were killed and two wounded in a Taliban attack in the southern province of Uruzgan

January 2013: 6 January 2013: At least four people were killed and 15 others wounded in a twin suicide attack inside a meeting of community leaders in Spin Boldak - 8 January: Afghan soldier kills British soldier, wounds six - 16 January: Taliban target Afghan intelligence HQ in deadly attack - 21 January: Fierce gunfight after co-ordinated Taliban-claimed attacks on traffic police headquarters in western Kabul - 27 January: At least 10 people have been killed after a roadside bomb detonated in Kandahar

February 2013: 9 February: A landmine explosion ripped through a civilian vehicle in Nad Ali district of Helmand province and killed six members of a family - 13 February: A NATO air strike killed 10 Afghan civilians, including five children, in the Shigal district of Kunar province - 19 February: Karzai signs ban to limit Nato air strike assistance - 24 February: On Sunday morning three suicide bombings in outlying provinces and a shootout in Kabul - 24 February: The Afghan government demands the withdrawal of US special forces from Wardak and Logar within two weeks accusing them of fuelling 'insecurity and instability' in the volatile provinces - 27 February: At least nine injured, mostly army personnel, after bomber detonates near bus carrying Afghan soldiers

March 2013: 3 March: Nato troops kill two Afghan boys due to alleged mistaken identity - 9 March: As new US defence secretary visits Kabul nine people killed in apparent suicide attack at Kabul defence ministry and at least nine people - eight of them civilians and one a policeman - killed in a suicide bombing in Khost city - 12 March 2013: Two US soldiers were killed and 10 wounded in a suspected insider attack in Afghanistan, after President Karzai accused US of colluding with the Taliban to justify its presence in the country - 26 March: Taliban claims responsibility after eight suicide bombers kill five security officers in attack on a base in Jalalabad - 30 March: A Nato helicopter strike kills two children close to Ghazni city in southern Afghanistan - 31 March: Kabul government seeks to explore the possibility of talks with Taliban

April 2013: 4 April: Taliban killed over 50 people and injured 100 others in a seven-hour-long attack on a court complex in Farah city - 4 April: An airstrike by US-led forces killed four policemen and two civilians in the Deh Yak district of Ghazni province - 5 April: A bomb strapped to the back of a donkey killed one policeman and wounded three civilians in the Alingar district in Laghman province - 6 April: Six Nato personnel were killed on Saturday in two separate attacks in Qalat city and in the southern province of Zabul - 8 April: Nato airstrike kills 11 children in Afghanistan's Kunar province, officials say - 12 avril: Au moins treize soldats afghans ont été tués lors d'une attaque des talibans contre un avant-poste de l'armée dansle district de Nari, de la province de Kunar

May 2013: 2 May 2013: Three British soldiers killed in a blast in Helmand province - 5 May: Seven US soldiers were killed in two separate attacks in Afghanistan in Maiwand district and in the western province of Farah on Saturday - 16 May: Suicide attack on Nato convoy in Kabul kills six civilians - 24 May: Taliban attack UN compound in Afghan capital, two gunmen killed - 25 May: Mosque blast kills 12 people in Ghazni province's district of Andar - 29 May: 7 foreign aid workers rescued after militants detonated a suicide bomb and waged a gun battle at the International Committee of the Red Cross in Jalalabad, killing an Afghan security guard

June 2013: 4 June: Afghanistan road bomb kills three children and their father, injuring the mother critically - 10 June: All seven militants who launched an attack Monday on Kabul airport died in the assault - 11 June: Suicide blast in Kabul kills at least 17 people at Supreme Court - 18 June: Afghan forces take lead on security from Nato - 25 juin: Échec d'une attaque des Taliban sur le palais présidentiel à Kaboul - 25 juin: Huit femmes et un enfant d'une même famille ont été tués par une bombe dans la province de Kandahar, alors qu'ils se rendaient à une cérémonie de fiançailles - 26 June: Karzai and Obama commit to Taliban talks despite attack

July 2013: 2 July: Seven people killed in Kabul attack on Nato supply firm in Kabul - 8 July: Afghan forces killed 18 Taliban and lost five of their own troops in operations in the country's east - 9 July: 17 Afghan civilians, 12 women, four children and one man, killed by a roadside bomb in Herat's Obe district - 18 July: Taliban kill eight Afghan workers on their way to US military base south of Kabul - 31 July: Civilian casualties in the Afghan war rose 23% the first half of this year due to Taliban attacks and increased fighting between insurgents and government forces, the UN says

August 2013: 2 août: Vingt-deux policiers afghans et 76 talibans ont été tués au cours de combats dans la province de Nangarhar - 3 August: Reports say a suicide bomber launched an attack near Indian consulate in Jalalabad leaving at least eight children dead and several injured - 28 August: Taliban executed 12 Afghan civilians in two separate incidents, including five aid workers - 31 August: A suicide bomber detonated his explosives near a police checkpoint and a bank in southern Afghanistan, one of two attacks that killed 18 people

September 2013: 2 September: A group of Taliban suicide bombers attacked a US base near the border with Pakistan on Monday morning, leading to multiple explosions, a gunfight and the closure of a key road - 13 September: Deadly truck bomb hits US consulate in Afghanistan

October 2013: 15 octobre: Le gouverneur de la province afghane du Logar a été tué mardi par l'explosion d'une bombe cachée dans un microphone - 27 October: A roadside bomb killed 18 civilians and wounded five as they rode a small bus home after attending a wedding in the Ghazni province

November 2013: 16 November: Deadly suicide blast in Kabul ahead of security talks

January-June 2014: 18 January: Up to 21 people were killed, mostly foreigners and including IMF and UN staff, in a Taliban attack on a popular restaurant in Kabul - 26 January: A Taliban suicide bomber has attacked a military bus in Kabul, killing at least four people - 21 February: Three male suicide attackers wearing burqas attacked a police headquarters close to Kabul, killing one policeman - 23 February: The Taliban attacked an Afghan army base in Kunar province, killing 19 soldiers and kidnapping seven - 6 March: A NATO airstrike in eastern Afghanistan accidentally killed five Afghan soldiers - 14 March: A roadside bomb in Helmand province kills six civilians, including two women and two children - 18 March: Suicide bomber kills at least 13 civilians in Maimana, the capital of Faryab province - 20 March: Taliban assault on police station in Jalalabad kills 10 police officers and a civilian - 21 March: Nine people - three women, two children and four foreigners - were killed in a highly secure Kabul hotel by four teenaged Taliban fighters, who were killed too - 30 April: Afghan troops backed by Western air power killed at least 60 militants near the Pakistan border, in one of the single biggest assaults against the Taliban-linked Haqqani network - 10 June: USA soldiers came under heavy fire from Taliban militants and called in air strike but helicopters shot wrong targets leaving five troops and one Afghan soldier dead

July 2014: 9 July 2014: Number of civilians killed or injured in Afghanistan's war in first six months of 2014 rises by quarter, with more than 1,000 of those children, UN report says - 16 July: Afghanistan car bomb leaves at least 89 civilians in crowded Urgun bazaar dead

September/October 2014: 27 September 2014: After Taliban fighters had killed more than 100 people in the area, Afghan villagers hanged four captured Taliban militants from a tree as security forces battled the insurgents for a sixth day in a district of Ghazni province - 28 September 2014: Bomb explodes in Kabul diplomatic quarter, a day ahead of presidential inauguration - 21 October: At least four Afghan soldiers killed and six others and six civilians wounded by a Taliban roadside bomb in Kabul

November/December 2014: 27 November: Suicide attack at British embassy vehicle in Kabul, killing at least five Afghan civilians and wounding more than 30 others - 11 December: A Taliban suicide bomber targeting a bus in Kabul killed six Afghan soldiers and wounded 11, five Afghan schoolchildren were also reported killed in an air strike by foreign forces in northern Parwan province - 17 December: A day after Pakistan Taliban attacked a school in Peshawar killing at least 141 people, Taliban storm New Kabul bank in Lashkar Gah in Helmand, killing at least 10 people - 20 December: Afghan civilian casualties hit record high in 2014, UN says - 27 December: NATO-led foreign force mistakenly killed three civilians in an air strike - 28 December 2014: After 13 years of war, Nato formally ends its combat operations, leaving the Afghan army and police in charge of security in a country plagued by continued fighting

January-June 2015: 1 January: After Afghan army mortars reportedly killed at least 20 civilians attending a wedding party in southern Helmand, Afghan police is investigating - 16 February: Popular female politician Angiza Shinwari in east Afghanistan died in hospital following a bomb attack on her vehicle, her driver was also killed in the explosion and four other people injured - 18 February 2015: Afghan civilian deaths hit record high, as insurgents, government forces and international troops all contribute to highest total in five years since records began - 18 April: Suicide blast kills 33 outside a bank in Afghanistan city of Jalalabad - 4 May: A Taliban suicide attack in Kabul targeting government employees kills at least one person - 21 June: A roadside bomb killed at least 19 Afghan civilians including nine children in southern Helmand province, trying to go home, while Taliban fighters in the north captured a key district on the frontline of the battle for Kunduz city - June 2015 Kabul Parliament attack - 22 June: The Taliban attacked the Afghan parliament, setting off at least one large bomb and igniting a gun battle with security forces, all attackers reportedly killed - 23 June: Afghan government forces regain control of a key district near the northern city of Kunduz

July-September 2015: 20 July 2015: At least seven Afghan soldiers feared to have died after a USA helicopter attack on an Afghan army outpost in Logar province - 27 July: Gunfight kills at least 20 people and wounds ten others at wedding in Deh Salah district in Baghlan in northern Afghanistan - 5 August: UN reveals 1,591 civilians killed and 3,329 wounded as war enters its 14th year, as fighting in residential areas and greater role of militias contribute to increase with women and children showing the sharpest rise in casualties - 7 August: A truck bomb reportedly exploded near an army compound in the center of Kabul killing at least eight people and wounding close to 200 - 7/8 August: Taliban suicide attack kills at least 20 police cadets in Kabul, as wave of attacks kills at least 35 people and wounds hundreds in the deadliest 24 hours in the Afghan capital in years - 10 August: A car bomb exploded near the entrance to Kabul airport on Monday, killing at least four civilians and wounding 17, including a woman and a child - 23 August: Three USA contractors were among 12 people killed by a Kabul bomb that targeted their NATO convoy - 14/15 September: Gunmen in northern Afghanistan torch UN food trucks in latest attack on aid workers, as Taliban storm Ghazni jail and free 350 inmates

September-December 2015: 2015 Battle of Kunduz - 29 September 2015: Taliban retakes Kunduz in northern Afghanistan, freeing hundreds of militants - 29 September: USA strike targets Taliban as Afghan troops mount Kunduz counterattack

3 October 2015 bombing of Médecins Sans Frontières hospital in Kunduz - 3 October 2015: A USA air strike on a hospital in Kunduz on Saturday left several 'Doctors Without Borders' staff dead and dozens of others seriously wounded in a grave violation of International Humanitarian Law, the charity says, adding that the location of MSF hospital 'known' to USA forces and partners

11 October: A Taliban suicide car bomber targeted a convoy of foreign troops in the Afghan capital during rush hour-traffic - 28 November 2015: A suicide bomber targeted a senior member of Afghanistan's election commission in Kabul on Saturday, killing his driver and wounding several passersby - 11 December: A Taliban car bomb explosion hit a diplomatic area of central Kabul, killing a Spanish police officer and wounding seven civilians - 21 décembre 2015: Le Helmand menacé par une offensive des talibans - 21 décembre: Six soldats de l'Otan en mission près de Kaboul ont été tués dans un attentat suicide des talibans - 24 décembre: L'armée essaie de briser le siège de Sangin

February 2016: 1 February 2016 Kabul bombing - 6 February 2016: Four-country talks in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad resume to revive Afghan peace plan - 14 février 2016: En Afghanistan 11'002 civils sont tué ou blessé en 2015, a rapporté dimanche l'ONU dans son bilan annuel

April 2016: 12 April 2016: Taliban announce start of 'spring offensive', pledging to launch large-scale attacks, suicide bombs and guerrilla warfare - 17 April 2016: An increasing number of Afghan civilians are killed and injured at the hands of government forces fighting extremist groups, according to UN's report, showing a 70% rise in civilian casualties caused by pro-government forces, with 127 killed and 242 wounded in the first three months of 2016, as a total of 600 civilians (including many children) were killed and 1,343 injured during that period

19 April 2016: 19 April 2016 Kabul attack - 19 April: Several people have been killed and scores injured after a Taliban car bomb exploded in a crowded area of Kabul near ministries, and a gun battle ensued between attackers and security forces

May-June 2016: 25 mai: Dix personnes ont été tuées et quatre blessées dans une attaque visant un minibus transportant des employés d'un tribunal dans la banlieue ouest de Kaboul - 20 June 2016: Suicide bombing claimed by Taliban in Kabul kills 14 Nepalese security guards, while another attack in country’s north kills at least eight people

June 2016: 30 June 2016 Afghanistan bombings - 30 juin: Au moins 27 morts dans une attaque contre un convoi dans un quartier populaire de l'ouest de Kaboul

July/August 2016: 23 July 2016 Kabul bombing - 24 July 2016: At least 80 people have been killed and 231 others injured in twin suicide bombings at a demonstration in Kabul of thousands of Hazara over the route of a planned multi-million-dollar power line - 24 July 2016: Relatives of some of those killed in a big suicide attack in Kabul searched through a bloodied assortment of belongings left after the twin blasts as they prepared for funerals on Sunday in a mood of growing anger with political leaders - 1 August 2016: Taliban claim responsibility for blast in Pul-e-Charkhi neighbourhood of Afghan capital that occurred at same time as widespread power cuts, also killing a police officer in the attack - 4 August: A group of western tourists, including eight Britons, three USA citizens and one German. on a sightseeing adventure tour of Afghanistan have been ambushed by Taliban gunmen

September-November 2016: 29 September 2016: Suspected USA drone strike on a home in eastern Afghanistan, where civilians were sleeping after having gathered to welcome home a tribal elder from hajj pilgrimage, has killed at least 15 civilians and injured another 13, according to the United Nations, calling for an independent inquiry - 3 October: Taliban launch coordinated assault on Afghan city of Kunduz - 10/11 November 2016: Attack on German consulate in the northern Mazar-i-Sharif with a car packed with explosives, reportedly killing at least four people and wounding scores, claimed by the Taliban in retaliation for Nato airstrike last week near the northern city of Kunduz, in which more than 30 people, many of them children, were killed - 12 November: At least 4 people killed as explosion hits USA Bagram Airfield base in Afghanistan, claimed by the Taliban - 21 November 2016: Dozens killed and more than 80 injured in attack on mosque in Afghan capital in latest attack targeting Shia community

2017: 6 February 2017: Civilian casualty toll in 2016 was highest in 15 years, with 923 children killed and 2,589 injured, mainly from ground engagements, according to the UN, which has documented 11,418 casualties, including 3,498 deaths - 7 February: Dozens killed in suicide blast at Afghanistan's supreme court, which happened as judicial staff were leaving work for the day in country’s capital - 8 February 2017: Six Afghan Red Cross aid workers killed in an ambush in the country’s north while travelling through Dasht-e Leili to a remote area to deliver humanitarian aid - 12 February 2017: USA airstrikes in Afghanistan’s Helmand province may have been responsible for the deaths of at least 18 civilians, mostly women and children, according to the UN and local sources - 1 March 2017: Multiple attacks in Afghanistan's capital Kabul, claimed by Taliban

March 2017 Kabul attack: 8 March 2017 Kabul attack - 8 March 2017: 'Islamic State' terrorist claims responsibility for Kabul hospital attack by fake doctors, that left at least 49 people dead and an unknown number injured

April/May 2017 and Mazar-i-Sharif attack: 14 April 2017: Up to 36 suspected Islamic State militants were killed in the Achin district of Afghanistan's eastern province of Nangarhar, when the USA dropped the largest non-nuclear bomb GBU-43/B ever used in combat, targeting a 'tunnel complex’ - 21/22 April 2017: More than 100 Afghan soldiers were killed and wounded after Taliban suicide attackers disguised as army personnel targeted a national army base in Mazar-i-Sharif - 4 May 2017: Fear and doubt as notorious 'butcher of Kabul' Gulbuddin Hekmatyar returns with talk of peace

3 May 2017 Kabul attack: 3 May 2017: Suicide attack on Nato convoy in Kabul kills at least eight Afghan civilians, wounding three USA service members

31 May and 3 June 2017 Kabul attacks: 31 May 2017 Kabul attack - 31 May 2017: At least 80 killed, 350 injured in massive Kabul car bombing, also damaging French, German embassies in diplomatic quarter - 3 June 2017 Kabul attack - 3 June 2017: At least seven people have been killed and more than 119 wounded in three separate explosions at a high-profile funeral in Kabul for one of several protesters killed on Friday at a large demonstration calling for the resignation of the government after the large truck bomb killed nearly 100 people on Wednesday

June 2017: 15 June 2017: At least four people have been killed in Kabul after a suicide bomber and gunmen attacked Shia mosque in western Kabul where worshippers had gathered, in latest of a string of attacks on civilians in Afghanistan during holy month of Ramadan - 18 June 2017: Dozens of people have been killed or wounded after up to five suicide bombers attacked a police headquarters in eastern Afghanistan's Gardez city, the capital of Paktia province, on Sunday - 22 June 2017: At least 15 people have been killed in suicide car bombing in the capital of Afghanistan’s Helmand province

Natural disasters in Afghanistan: Natural disasters in Afghanistan

Floods and landslides in Afghanistan: Floods in Afghanistan - Many provinces in Afghanistan vulnerable to floods

2012/2013: 21 May 2012: Flood waters ravaged the provincial capital Sar-e-Pul in northern Afghanistan, killing at least 19 people and destroying hundreds of homes - 4 August 2012: Flash floods in Afghanistan kill more than 40 people - August 2013 Pakistan–Afghanistan floods

2014: 25 April 2014: More than 100 people have been killed and thousands left homeless by flash floods in north and west Afghanistan - May 2014 Badakhshan mudslides - 3 May 2014: Rescuers are sifting through mud for a second day after a deadly landslide in Badakhshan - June 2014 Baghlan floods - 7 June 2014: Flooding in Baghlan province kills more than 80 people and forces thousands to flee their homes

Avalanches and weather events in Afghanistan: Avalanches in Afghanistan - Weather events in Afghanistan

2008: 2008 Afghanistan blizzard

2015: In February 2015 a total of 40 avalanches in Panjshir Province, Afghanistan killed at least 310 people, and another 129 were wounded

2017: 4 février 2017: Les avalanches et le froid ont tué plus d'une vingtaine de personnes en deux jours en Afghanistan, dont des femmes et des enfants

Earthquakes in Afghanistan: Earthquakes in Afghanistan

October 2015 Afghanistan earthquake: October 2015 Afghanistan earthquake - 26 October 2015: Afghanistan, India and Pakistan rocked by earthquake

Armenia - Geography of Armenia - History of Armenia - Demographics of Armenia

Economy of Armenia: Economy of Armenia - main industries include diamond-processing, metal-cutting machine tools, forging-pressing machines, electric motors, tires, knitted wear, hosiery, shoes, silk fabric, chemicals, trucks, instruments, microelectronics, jewelry manufacturing, software development, food processing, brandy - List of companies of Armenia - Companies of Armenia by industry

Mineral industry and mines in Armenia: Mineral industry is one of the main sectors of the Armenian economy and as of 2011 accounted for over half of the country's exports - Mines in Armenia

Copper mines in Armenia: Copper mines in Armenia - Ankasar mine having estimated reserves of 1.2 billion tonnes of ore grading 0.49% copper and 0.2% molybdenum - Kajaran copper and molybdenum mine

Gold and iron mines in Armenia: Kapan mine is one of the largest gold mines in the Armenia and in the world - Svarants mine having estimated reserves of 1.5 billion tonnes of ore grading 40% iron

Agriculture in Armenia: Agriculture in Armenia - in 2006 46% of the work force was employed in agriculture and agriculture contributed 21% of the country's GDP - principal agricultural products are grains, potatoes, vegetables, grapes and fruits - Armenian wine

Water in Armenia: Water in Armenia

Rivers and lakes of Armenia: Rivers and lakes of Armenia

Water supply and sanitation in Armenia: Water supply and sanitation in Armenia - Water privatization in Armenia

Tourism in Armenia: Tourism in Armenia - Visitor attractions in Armenia - World Heritage Sites in Armenia

Armed Forces of Armenia: Armed Forces of Armenia

Taxation and budget in Armenia: Taxation in Armenia - 12 December 2013: Government pushed through the parliament its draft state budget 2014 that aims to maintain fiscal austerity while increasing public spending by roughly 10%

Politics of Armenia: Politics of Armenia - Constitution of Armenia - List of political parties in Armenia - Trade unions in Armenia

Elections in Armenia: Elections in Armenia

6 May 2012 Armenian parliamentary election: Armenian parliamentary election 6 May 2012 - 7 May: Partial results show 44.41% of the vote for President Serzh Sarkisian's Republican party

18 February 2013 Armenian presidential election: Armenian presidential election 18 February 2013 - 17 February: Armenia president predicted to dominate polls - 19 February: Incumbent Serzh Sargsyan garners over 58% of vote, official results show, amid claims of voting violations

December 2015 Armenian constitutional referendum: 6 December 2015 Armenian constitutional referendum, proposing amendments to the constitution that would transform the country into a parliamentary republic and abolish direct presidential elections

2016: 25/26 April 2016: President Sarkisian has ordered police to tighten security after a massive explosion on a bus killed at least two passengers and wounded seven others in Armenian capital Yerevan - 27 April: Explosion that devastated bus in Yerevan, killing two people and injuring seven, reportedly not the result of a terrorist attack

April 2017 Armenian parliamentary election: 2 April 2017 Armenian parliamentary election

Protests in Armenia: Protests in Armenia

2011 Armenian protests: 2011 Armenian protests

2013 Armenian protests: 2013 Armenian protests

2014: 11 October 2014: Over 10,000 opposition supporters rallied in the Armenian capital demanding a change in government and accusing the present rulers of failing to stem poverty and corruption

2015: 15 January: Thousands demonstrate against Kremlin influence after a Russian soldier is accused of killing a family of six - 24 June 2015: Armenia protests over steep increase in electricity prices by 17 to 22%, at the request of Electric Networks of Armenia owned by the Russian company Inter RAO, escalate after police turn on demonstrators and Russian regime compares demonstrations to Maidan movement in Ukraine - 28 June: Demonstrators welcome government's news, saying the president's concessions fell short of their demands for the planned price hikes of almost 20% to be fully reversed - 29 June: Activists remained overnight on the streets of multiple cities in Armenia with compromise proposals by the president failing to disperse protesters - 4 July: Armenia opens probe into police violence against protesters

Society, demographics, culture and human rights in Armenia: Armenian society

Human rights in Armenia: Human rights in Armenia - Religion in Armenia - Freedom of religion in Armenia

Demographics and ethnic groups in Armenia: Demographics of Armenia - Ethnic groups in Armenia - Ethnic minorities in Armenia

Culture and languages of Armenia: Culture of Armenia - Languages of Armenia - List of museums in Armenia

Education in Armenia: Education in Armenia - Schools in Armenia - Universities in Armenia

Health in Armenia: Health in Armenia

Media in Armenia: Armenian media - List of newspapers in Armenia

Crime in Armenia: Crime in Armenia

Corruption in Armenia: Corruption in Armenia - June 2014: Corruption reportedly remains pervasive in Armenia's judiciary, tax, customs and regulatory rules remain non-transparent and instances of unfair tender processes and preferential treatment within the Armenian procurement system persist

Human trafficking in Armenia: Human trafficking in Armenia

Terrorism in Armenia: Terrorism in Armenia - 27 October 1999 Armenian parliament shooting

Foreign relations of Armenia: Foreign relations of Armenia

Armenia/Azerbaijan relations: Armenia/Azerbaijan relations - Armenians in Azerbaijan - Armenians once formed a sizable community in Baku but most Armenians fled the city in 1990 - Azerbaijanis in Armenia, since 1988–1991 most Azerbaijanis fled the country as a result of the Nagorno-Karabakh War

Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and war 1988-1994 - 20 July 2012: Wahlsieg von Amtsinhaber Saakjan in Präsidentschaftswahlen - Kämpfe mit aserbeidschanischen Truppen

2012: Armenia/Azerbaijan relations in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 - 6 June 2012: Deadly clashes along Azeri-Armenia border

2014: 4 August 2014: Bloody clashes between Azerbaijan and Armenia over disputed territory

2015: 3 May 2015 Nagorno-Karabakh parliamentary election - 4 May 2015: European Union, USA, Azerbaijan and Turkey don't recognise 'the constitutional and legal framework' of Nagorno-Karabakh parliamentary election

2016: 2/3 April 2016: More than 30 people killed in clashes over separatist enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh in the Armenian-Azerbaijan conflict - 5 avril 2016: Après 64 personnes ont trouvé la mort un accord a été trouvé pour faire cesser les combats dans la région du Nagorny-Karabakh - 26 April: Nagorno-Karabakh says two soldiers killed by gunfire from Azerbaijan - 27 April: Nagorno-Karabakh says one soldier killed by Azeri gunfire - 17 May: Armenia and Azerbaijan to hold OSCE-backed peace talks on Nagorno-Karabakh

Armenia/European Union relations: Armenia/European Union relations - Since 2009 'Eastern Partnership' initiative of the EU with the post-Soviet states of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine - 15 April 2015: During its plenary session of the European Parliament an unprecedented number of members took the stage and showed their solidarity to the Armenian nation, supporting a resolution to recognize the Armenan Genocide during WW I, despite undermining by German SPD-Schulz

Armenia/Georgia relations: Armenia/Georgia relations

Armenia/Germany relations: Armenia/Germany relations

Armenian Genocide 1915-1923: Armenian Genocide 1915-1923 - 13 July 1919: Germany confesses in a secret record, printed at Potsdam, her Turkish partner's crimes in Armenia and its attempt to destroy a whole people - 17 February 2007: Germany, Turkey and the Armenian Genocide - a documentary of the Armenian genocide - 21 October 2012: Photograph of 1915 links Germans to 1915 Armenia genocide by the Ottoman Turks during World War I

April 2015: 15 April 2015: Armenian genocide should be called what it was and the German government has a special responsibility, because German officers were among the accessories and accomplices, the Central Council of Jews in Germany says - 17 April 2015: SPD-Steinmeier avoids to say 'genocide' for genocide of Armenians, because his party supported World War I from German beginning to end and therefore the war crimes - 17 April 2015: SPD-Schulz disassociates himself from European Parliament's resolution recognizing the Armenan Genocide, because his party supported World War I from German beginning to end and hence the war crimes

Armenia/Iran relations: Armenia/Iran relations - Iranian Armenians - Armenian diaspora in the Middle East

Armenia/Israel relations: Armenia/Israel relations - 22 April 2015: Israel sends delegation to Armenian genocide ceremony over the weekend, marking the remembrance of the mass murder of Armenians by Turkish forces during World War I

Armenia/Kurdistan relations: Armenia/Kurdistan relations - Kurdish recognition of the Armenian genocide

Armenia/Lebanon relations: Armenia/Lebanon relations - Armenians in Lebanon - Armenian diaspora in the Middle East - 11 May 2000: Lebanese parliament voted to recognize the Armenian genocide

Armenia/Russia relations: Armenia/Russia relations - April 1965 Yerevan demonstrations on the 50th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide

2015: 15 January 2015: Thousands demonstrate against Kremlin influence after a Russian soldier is accused of killing a family of six

2016: 28 May 2016: Russia sued by relatives of Armenian Avetisyan family, massacred by Russian soldier Valery Permyakov in 2015

Armenia/Syria relations: Armenia/Syria relations - Armenians in Syria - Armenian diaspora in the Middle East

Armenia/Turkey relations: Armenia/Turkey relations

Armenian Genocide 1915-1923: Armenian Genocide 1915-1923 - Witnesses and testimonies of the Armenian Genocide - 13 July 1919: Germany confesses in a secret record, printed at Potsdam, her Turkish partner's crimes in Armenia and its attempt to destroy a whole people - 17 February 2007: Germany, Turkey and the Armenian Genocide - a documentary of the Armenian genocide - 21 October 2012: Photograph of 1915 links Germans to 1915 Armenia genocide by the Ottoman Turks during World War I

Since 1919: 24 April Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day since 1919 - April 1965 Yerevan demonstrations on the 50th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide - Armenian Genocide memorial complex is Armenia's official memorial dedicated to the victims of the Armenian Genocide, built in 1967 on the hill of Tsitsernakaberd in Yerevan - Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute was opened in 1995

International Armenian Genocide recognition and Turkey's denial: International Armenian Genocide recognition - The governments of Turkey and Azerbaijan deny that the Ottoman authorities attempted to exterminate the Armenian people

2015: 17 April 2015: Turkey has never accepted the term genocide for its war crime against Armenians, even though historians have demolished its denial of responsibility for up to 1.5 million deaths - Commemoration of 100 years of the Armenian Genocide 24 April 2015 - 24 April 2015: Armenian genocide survivor's vivid memories of the day the soldiers came - 24 April: Armenian genocide survivors' stories - 25 April 2015: As Armenia marks 1915 massacre, it is also called genocide in Turkey's World War I partner Germany

Armenia/USA relations: Armenia/USA relations

Azerbaijan - Geography of Azerbaijan - History of Azerbaijan - Demographics of Azerbaijan

Economy of Azerbaijan: Economy of Azerbaijan - main industries include petroleum and natural gas, petroleum products, petrochemicals, oilfield equipment, steel, iron ore, machinery, cement, chemicals, textiles, cotton, foodstuffs - List of companies of Azerbaijan - Companies of Azerbaijan by industry

Petroleum industry in Azerbaijan: Petroleum industry in Azerbaijan - Oil fields of Azerbaijan - Oil and gas companies of Azerbaijan - Oil pipelines in Azerbaijan - Natural gas pipelines in Azerbaijan

2015: 21 September 2015: Azerbaijan expects to produce 40 million tonnes of oil and 30 bln cubic meters of gas in 2016, Azerbaijan's state energy company SOCAR says, roughly steady compared with 2015

5 December 2015: Thirty oil workers are missing, one person confirmed dead and 32 rescued, after the rig they were working on in the Caspian Sea was engulfed by fire - 5 December: Thirty-two workers have died after SOCAR's oil platform caught fire

Energy in Azerbaijan: Energy in Azerbaijan

Agriculture in Azerbaijan: Agriculture in Azerbaijan - major cash crops are cotton, tobacco, rice, grapes and fruits - Azerbaijani wine

Cotton production in Azerbaijan: Cotton production in Azerbaijan

Tourism in Azerbaijan: Tourism in Azerbaijan

Banking in Azerbaijan: Banking in Azerbaijan - List of banks in Azerbaijan - Central Bank of Azerbaijan since 1992 - Military history of Azerbaijan - Azerbaijan in World War II

Military in Azerbaijan: Azerbaijani Armed Forces

Taxation and budget in Azerbaijan: Taxation in Azerbaijan - 21 July 2014: Information about the state budget for six months of 2014

Politics of Azerbaijan: Politics of Azerbaijan - List of political parties in Azerbaijan - Trade unions in Azerbaijan

Administrative divisions of Azerbaijan: Administrative divisions of Azerbaijan

Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic: Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic is a landlocked exclave of the Republic of Azerbaijan

Elections and politics in Azerbaijan: Elections in Azerbaijan

2013: Azerbaijani presidential election 9 October 2013 - 9 October: Azerbaijan votes in presidential election - 10 October 2013: Azerbaijan's Ilham Aliyev hails poll 'triumph' amid concerns

2015: 11 August 2015: Several rights groups call on authorities in Azerbaijan to conduct a full and transparent investigation into the murder of journalist Rasim Aliyev

1 November 2015 Azerbaijani parliamentary election: 1 November 2015 Azerbaijani parliamentary election

Social movements and protests in Azerbaijan: - Protests in Azerbaijan

2011: 2011 Azerbaijani protests

2013: January 2013 Baku protests - 26 January 2013: Azerbaijan police brutally dispersed an unauthorised rally, protesting against the police using excessive force against peaceful protests, in central Baku, beating up and arresting scores of people

2015: 6 April 2015: About 1,000 Azeris held a rally on Sunday to protest against rising prices and a crackdown on human rights as economic problems mount ahead of a parliamentary election this year - 23 August 2015: Using tear gas and batons police in Azerbaijan broke up a protest and detained scores of participants in the town of Mingachevir two days after a young man died in custody after interrogation

2016: 15 January 2016: Azerbaijan forced to cut taxes on essential foods after widespread protests over deteriorating economic conditions that have seen the prices of essentials such as flour and bread rise steeply in recent months

Society, demographics, culture and human rights in Azerbaijan: Azerbaijani society - Demographics of Azerbaijan - Human rights in Azerbaijan

Culture and languages of Azerbaijan: Culture of Azerbaijan - Languages of Azerbaijan

Education in Azerbaijan: Education in Azerbaijan - Education in Baku - Universities in Azerbaijan - Azerbaijan State Oil Academy since 1920

Science and technology in Azerbaijan

Health in Azerbaijan: Health in Azerbaijan - Medicine in Azerbaijan

Sport in Azerbaijan: Sport in Azerbaijan - Sport in Azerbaijan by sport

International sports competitions hosted by Azerbaijan

2015: 28 May 2015: After a devastating blaze kills 16 people, residents are criticising Azerbaijan’s attempts to whitewash the city for its international visitors ahead of European Games

Azerbaijani media: Azerbaijani media - Freedom of the media in Azerbaijan

2015: 15 May 2015: Azerbaijan extends journalist Khadija Ismayilova's detention ahead of European Games as rights groups say charges against her are politically motivated because of reports exposing state corruption - 11 August 2015: Rasim Aliyev, a journalist in Azerbaijan has died in hospital after being invited to meet football player Huseynov he had criticised on Facebook, but after arrival at the appointed place was assaulted by six people

Internet in Azerbaijan

Crime in Azerbaijan: Crime in Azerbaijan

War crimes and massacres in Azerbaijan: War crimes in Azerbaijan - List of massacres in Azerbaijan - 1918 September Days massacre of Baku refers to the Russian Civil War when Armenian inhabitants of Baku were massacred by Enver Pasha's Army of Islam - March 1920 Shusha massacre was the mass killing of the Armenian population of Shusha that followed the suppression of the Armenian revolt against the authorities of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic - January 1990 Baku pogrom was an anti-Armenian pogrom directed against the Armenian inhabitants of Baku - Black January 1990 was a violent crackdown pursuant to a state of emergency during the dissolution of the Soviet Union to stop pogroms and violence against the Armenian population in Baku - 1992 Khojaly massacre was the killing of Azerbaijani civilians by Armenian and CIS forces during the Nagorno-Karabakh War - 1992 Maragha Massacre was the mass murder of Armenian civilians in the village Maragha by Azerbaijani troops in the course of the Nagorno-Karabakh War

Azerbaijani mafia: Azerbaijani mafia is a general term for organized criminal gangs, mostly based in Moscow and other major Russian cities

Terrorism in Azerbaijan: Terrorism in Azerbaijan

Corruption in Azerbaijan: Corruption in Azerbaijan - 31 December 2012: Ilham Aliyev, the President of Azerbaijan, has won the first ever Organized Crime and Corruption Person of the Year bestowed by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project

Foreign relations of Azerbaijan: Foreign relations of Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan/Armenia relations: Azerbaijan/Armenia relations - Armenians in Azerbaijan - Armenians once formed a sizable community in Baku but most Armenians fled the city in 1990 - Azerbaijanis in Armenia, since 1988–1991 most Azerbaijanis fled the country as a result of the Nagorno-Karabakh War

Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and war 1988-1994 - 20 July 2012: Wahlsieg von Amtsinhaber Saakjan in Präsidentschaftswahlen - Kämpfe mit aserbeidschanischen Truppen

2012: Armenia/Azerbaijan relations in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 - 6 June 2012: Deadly clashes along Azeri-Armenia border

2014: 4 August 2014: Bloody clashes between Azerbaijan and Armenia over disputed territory

Azerbaijan/European Union relations: Azerbaijan/European Union relations - European Parliament resolution of 12 May 2011 on Azerbaijan - 28. Juni 2011: Rechtsausschuss des Europarates fordert die Freilassung von 50 inhaftierten politischen Oppositionellen - 15 May 2015: Ahead of European Games, Azerbaijan extends journalist Khadija Ismayilova's detention, as rights groups say charges against her are politically motivated because of reports exposing state corruption

Azerbaijan/Georgia relations: Azerbaijan/Georgia relations - Baku–Supsa Pipeline since 1999 operated by BP - Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan pipeline since 2006 operated by BP - South Caucasus natural gas pipeline since 2006 operated by BP, Statoil, shareholders SOCAR, Lukoil, Total etc.

Azerbaijan/Germany relations: Azerbaijan/Germany relations - Azerbaijan in World War II

Azerbaijan/Iran relations: Azerbaijan/Iran relations

Azerbaijan/Russia relations: Azerbaijan/Russia relations

Azerbaijan/Turkey relations: Azerbaijan/Turkey relations - Azerbaijanis in Turkey - Turks in Azerbaijan - 2010 Agreement on Strategic Partnership and Mutual Support between Azerbaijan and Turkey

Azerbaijan/Switzerland relations: Azerbaijan/Switzerland relations

14 June 2015: Swiss fly out opposition journalist Emin Huseynov hiding at its Azerbaijan embassy

Azerbaijan/United Kingdom relations: Azerbaijan/United Kingdom relations - Battle of Baku 1918 - Baku–Supsa Pipeline since 1999 operated by BP - Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan pipeline since 2006 operated by BP - South Caucasus natural gas pipeline since 2006 operated by BP, Statoil, shareholders SOCAR, Lukoil, Total etc.

Azerbaijan/USA relations: Azerbaijan/USA relations - 26 December 2014: USA-funded radio station in Azerbaijan raided following jailing of a reporter at the station pending trial on charges of driving a man to suicide

Bangladesh - Geography of Bangladesh - Partition of India by the 'British Empire' 1947 - Partition of Bengal 1947 - History of East Pakistan 1947-1971 - Bangladesh Liberation War 1971 - Indo Pakistani War of 1971 - History of Bangladesh - Demographics of Bangladesh

Economy of Bangladesh: Economy of Bangladesh - main industries include textiles, pulp and paper, jute, leather, food processing, fertilizer, natural gas, renewable energy, construction materials, steel, shipbuilding, electronics, automotive parts, ceramics, pharmaceuticals - List of companies of Bangladesh

Energy in Bangladesh: Energy in Bangladesh - Fossil fuels in Bangladesh - Natural gas in Bangladesh - Oil and gas companies of Bangladesh - Nuclear energy in Bangladesh

Electricity sector in Bangladesh Electricity sector in Bangladesh - Power stations and proposed power stations in Bangladesh - Power companies of Bangladesh

Renewable energy in Bangladesh: Renewable energy in Bangladesh - Renewable energy policy of Bangladesh - Hydroelectric power stations in Bangladesh

Energy policy of Bangladesh: Energy policy of Bangladesh

2016: 7 April 2016: Bangladeshi 'S Alam Group' suspends work on a planned Chinese-backed coal-fired power plant after four demonstrators opposing its construction were killed earlier this week

Bangladesh textile industry, factory collapses and fires: Bangladesh textile industry - Bangladesh textile industry - employment and labour

Tazreen Fashion factory fire 2012: Dhaka fire in the Tazreen Fashion factory 24 November 2012 - 25 November: At least 100 workers killed by a fire in the multi-floor Tazreen Fashion factory in the Ashulia district on the outskirts of the capital Dhaka - 26 November: Another fire that broke out in a 12-storey building housing four different garment factories in Dhaka, has been almost brought under control, police say - 27 November: Bangladesh is observing a day of mourning for the more than 100 victims of a clothing factory fire on Saturday - 29 November: Three mid-level managers held for preventing workers from leaving factory premises after fire alarm went off - 7 December: Tazreen Fashion factory fire exposes safety gap in the supply chain - 17 December: The Tazreen Fashion factory fire killing 111 workers was caused by sabotage and managers at the plant prevented victims from escaping, the head of an official inquiry says

Smart Export Garments Ltd factory fire 2013: 27 January 2013: The unlicensed 'Smart Export Garments Ltd' factory in Dhaka where seven women workers died in a fire Saturday, was making clothing for Spanish giant Inditex and several French brands

Dhaka garments factory collapse April 2013: Four garment factories housing building collapse in Dhaka 24 April 2013 - 24 April 2013: At least 15 people were killed and many more feared dead when an eight-storey building housing a market and garment factory collapsed in the town of Savar outside Dhaka - 25 April: The death toll from the building collapse in Dhaka has risen to 160, with people trapped under the rubble of a complex that housed garment factories supplying retailers in Europe and North America - 27/28 April: Factory bosses were arrested, 72 hours after the deadly collapse of a building where low-cost garments were made for Western brands, as the death toll rose to 348 and angry workers protested on the streets of the capital - 29 avril: Un incendie a éclaté dans les décombres de l'immeuble de Dacca, mettant fin à tout espoir de retrouver de nouveaux survivants dans les ruines - 10 May: The death toll from the Dhaka garments factory collapse soared past 1,000 on Friday, while the list of the dead from the fire on 8 May 2013 at a sweater manufacturer showed the entanglement of the industry and top Bangladeshi officials - 10 May: Woman rescued in the rubble of the collapsed Rana Plaza building 17 days after collapse - 14 mai: Fin des recherches dans l'immeuble effondré où périrent plus de 1.100 ouvriers du textile, mais des dizaines de proches éplorés attendaient toujours des nouvelles de leurs disparus - 24 juin: Des centaines d'ouvriers du textile et des survivants de l'effondrement du Rana Plaza ont manifesté deux mois après l'accident, en réclamant des comptes au gouvernement sur les personnes toujours portées disparues et sur le volet financier - 25 July: The mayor of Savar arrested over Rana Plaza factory disaster in April

May 2013: 1 May 2013: Savar, a suburb of Dhaka, is a dusty, chaotic industrial center littered with factories that produce clothes for leading Western brands, whose building codes are often unenforced, regulatory oversight is flimsy, and whose men wielding power often travel with armed guards

Dhaka garment factory fire 8 May 2013: Dhaka garment factory fire 8 May 2013 - 9 May 2013: Eight people were killed when a fire broke out ih a clothing factory in the Mirpur industrial district of Dhaka, belonging to the Tung Hai Group, a large garment exporter whose retailers include Britain's Primark and Inditex Group of Spain

September 2013: 13 September: A two-day meeting of clothing retailers, with key names including Walmart, Benetton, Mango staying away, and pressure groups aimed at reaching a compensation deal for victims of two Bangladesh factory disasters ended in failure

October 2013: 8 October: A fire at a garment factory outside Bangladesh's capital has killed at least 10 people on Tuesday

2014: 10 March: Several thousand Bangladeshi garment workers have lost their jobs after their factory, where they stitched clothes for Western retailers, was discovered with serious safety problems and shut down - 11 August 2014: Garment workers in five Bangladeshi factories, that supplied clothes for Walmart and other western retailers finally received their wages on Sunday following an 11-day hunger strike, after police arrested union leaders and used batons and pepper spray on garment workers to break strike

2015 Mirpur plastics factory fire: 31 January 2015: Plastics factory fire in Mirpur kills at least 13 people

2015: 22 April 2015: Bangladesh garment workers making clothes for western firms suffer poor conditions two years after reform vows

2016: 31 May 2016: It’s been more than three years since 1,138 workers were killed when the Rana Plaza factory collapsed in Bangladesh, yet little progress has been made to improve labor conditions for garment workers, according to researchers and activists

September 2016 factory fire: 10 September 2016: A fire at a food and cigarette packaging factory outside Dhaka killed at least 23 people and injured dozens

November 2016: 21 November 2016: Alliance consortium, which includes Walmart, Gap and Target, has pushed back deadlines to implement fire exits, alarms and structural renovations more than three years after deadly Rana Plaza collapse, after Walmart declined to sign an accord and founded an alliance including Gap, Target, Hudson’s Bay Company, whose brands include Saks Fifth Avenue and Lord & Taylor, and VF Corporation, whose brands include North Face, Timberland, Vans and Wrangler, independent survey says

July 2017: 4 July 2017: At least eight people were killed and up to 50 injured after a boiler exploded at a garment factory in Gazipur on the outskirts of Dhaka

Agriculture in Bangladesh: Agriculture in Bangladesh, including rice and jute, wheat, maize and tea - most Bangladeshis (about 40% of the labor force) earn their living from agriculture

Forestry in Bangladesh: Forestry in Bangladesh

Fishing in Bangladesh: Fishing in Bangladesh

Water in Bangladesh, water supply and management: Water in Bangladesh - Bodies of water of Bangladesh - Rivers of Bangladesh - Water supply and sanitation in Bangladesh - Water management in Dhaka

Sharing the water of the Ganges

2013: 30 June 2013: About 450 employees fell ill after complaining of contaminated water at their workplace near the Bangladeshi capital, the second such incident to hit the same garment factory in recent days

2016: 6 April 2016: Nearly 20 million Bangladeshis are still drinking water poisoned with high levels of arsenic despite millions of wells being tested and hundreds of thousands of safe ones having been bored to avert a major health crisis, according to a new report

Wetlands of Bangladesh: Wetlands of Bangladesh

Environmental issues in Bangladesh: Environmental issues in Bangladesh - Floods in Bangladesh - Climate change in Bangladesh

Waste management in Bangladesh

Tourism in Bangladesh: Tourism in Bangladesh - Visitor attractions in Bangladesh - World Heritage Sites in Bangladesh

Transport in Bangladesh: Transport in Bangladesh - Transport infrastructure in Bangladesh - Bangladesh Railway - Road transport in Bangladesh - Roads in Bangladesh

Water transport in Bangladesh: Water transport in Bangladesh

Maritime incidents in Bangladesh - 15 May 2014: Sinking of the MV Miraj-4 - 18 May 2014: Anguished relatives protested a decision to stop searching for bodies of passengers they feared were trapped inside the sunken ferry MV Miraj-4 leaving at least 54 dead

Labour in Bangladesh: Labour in Bangladesh - Women in Bangladesh's garment industry

Child labour in Bangladesh: Child labour in Bangladesh

2009: 26 October 2009: ILO report on child labour in Bangladesh

2013: 15 May 2013: Combating child labour through education

2016: 25 July 2016: Police have arrested a textile mill worker in Rupganj town for allegedly torturing a nine-year-old boy in the spinning mill making clothes for western retailers, one of millions of child labourers in impoverished Bangladesh and many of them employed in hazardous industries, to death with an air compressor, the second such claim in less than a year, according to officers - 7 December 2016: Child labour 'rampant' in Bangladesh factories, as survey finds that 15% of six- to 14-year-olds living in poorest households work an average of 64 hours a week

Foreign trade of Bangladesh: Foreign trade of Bangladesh - Special economic zones of Bangladesh - Chittagong Export Processing Zone, the first and one of the eight export processing zones in Bangladesh located at South Halishahar in Chittagong, established in 1983 - Bangladesh Export Processing Zone Authority - Bangladesh's government provides numerous incentives for investors for opening factories in EPZs, new factories enjoy tax holidays for 5 years, labour unions and other activities that are often viewed detrimental to productivity and are banned inside the EPZs

Banking in Bangladesh: Banking in Bangladesh - List of banks in Bangladesh

Economic history of Bangladesh and business cycles: Economic history of Bangladesh

Rural and urban poverty in Bangladesh: Poverty in Bangladesh - Rural and urban poverty in Bangladesh

List of slums in Bangladesh

2013: 3 February 2013: Hundreds of homes burned in a fire in shantytown in the capital Dhaka

2015: 10 July 2015: A stampede during a charity handout in the northern city of Mymensingh left at least 23 people dead on Friday as hundreds of desperately poor people tried to get their hands on free clothing, police says

Military in Bangladesh: Bangladesh Armed Forces - Military history of Bangladesh

Military coups in Bangladesh: Military coups in Bangladesh - 1982 Bangladesh coup d'état and Ershad's regime 1983-1990

Taxation in Bangladesh: Taxation in Bangladesh - National Board of Revenue publications

Politics of Bangladesh: Politics of Bangladesh - Constitution of Bangladesh since 1972 - Amendments to the Constitution of Bangladesh - 2006-2008 Bangladeshi political crisis - Government of Grand Alliance 2009-present

Political parties in Bangladesh: Political parties in Bangladesh - List of political parties in Bangladesh

Trade unions in Bangladesh: Trade unions in Bangladesh - Bangladesh Export Processing Zone Authority - Bangladesh's government provides numerous incentives for investors for opening factories in EPZs, new factories enjoy tax holidays for 5 years, labour unions and other activities that are often viewed detrimental to productivity and are banned inside the EPZs

Elections and politics in Bangladesh: Elections in Bangladesh - 10 April 2013: Bangladesh's election commission has declared April 29 as the date to hold presidential election in the country - 22 April 2013: Abdul Hamid won presidential elections following the death of Zillur Rahman on 20 March 2013 - 1 August 2013: Bangladesh court cancels registration of right-wing party Jamaat-e-Islami - 2 December: Bangladesh's 18-party opposition coalition confirms poll boycott on deadline day

Bangladeshi general election January 2014: Bangladeshi general election 5 January 2014 - 2 January: One person was killed on the first day of BNP's countrywide nonstop blockade to foil the January 5 general election - 4 January: Dozens of voting booths were attacked on the eve of elections and an activist was killed in clashes with Awami League supporters in Patgram - 5 janvier: Nombreux lieux de vote attaqués dans le cadre des législatives au Bangladesh - 5 January: The violence against Bangladesh's general election continues - 6 January: Low turnout mars Bangladesh polls - 6 January: Ruling Awami League wins the violence-plagued election whose outcome was never in doubt after the boycott - 7 January: Pressure mounts on Bangladesh PM after walkover re-election, as the USA demands a swift re-run that would include all the major parties

2015: 5 January 2015: Deadly clashes erupt on the streets of Bangladesh on the first anniversary of elections as police besiege the main opposition leader in her office

Social movements and protests: Protests in Bangladesh

2012: 12. März 2012: Tausende fordern Rücktritt der Regierung in Bangladesh - größte Demonstration seit der Wahl von 2008 - 24 April 2012: Bangladeshis strike over missing politician

2012 Tazreen Fashion factory fire protests: Tazreen Fashion factory fire 24 November 2012 - 26 November 2012: Garment workers staged mass protests to demand the end to 'deathtrap' labour conditions after Bangladesh's worst-ever textile factory fire in Tazreen Fashion factory, as a new blaze in Dhaka sparked fresh panic and terror - 27 November: Protesters and factories workers across the country took to the streets for a second day to express their anger over the Tazreen Fashion factory fire

9 December 2012: Opposition parties have called a general strike after at least two people were killed in clashes during nationwide road blockades demanding a caretaker government to ensure elections due in 2014 are fair

2013: 7 January 2013: Police clash with anti-government protesters trying to enforce a general strike called to denounce a fuel price hike

2013 Shahbag protests - 4 March 2013: Bangladesh remains tense on day two of nationwide bandh, after 24 people have died overnight in clashes across the country related to a death sentence given to a top Islamist opposition leader for his role in atrocities

April 2013: 27 April: Police fired tear-gas and rubber bullets at hundreds of thousands of workers protesting the death of more than 300 colleagues in the collapsed building in Dhaka

May 2013: 1 mai: Des dizaines de milliers de manifestants au Bangladesh défilaient mercredi pour réclamer la pendaison des propriétaires d'ateliers de confection - 20 May: Bangladeshi police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at thousands of garment workers Monday as they demanded a wage hike at a protest in a manufacturing hub outside the capital Dhaka

September 2013: 23 septembre: Jusqu'à 200.000 ouvriers ont manifesté lundi pour le troisième jour consécutif et des dizaines de milliers d'ouvriers du textile ont bloqué des rues, exigeant un salaire mensuel minimum équivalent à 100 dollars - 25 September: Police have used batons, rubber bullets and tear gas to stop protests by garment workers in Bangladesh who want higher wages

November 2013: 12 November: Thousands of garment workers demanding higher pay clashed with police for a second day, leaving dozens of people injured and at least 200 factories closed

April 2014: 25 April: Western fashion brands faced pressure to increase help for victims of garment factory accident, as mass protests marked the one-year anniversary of the disaster that cost 1,138 lives

August 2014 garment workers' hunger strike: 11 August 2014: Garment workers in five Bangladeshi factories, that supplied clothes for Walmart and other western retailers finally received their wages on Sunday following an 11-day hunger strike, after police arrested union leaders and used batons and pepper spray on garment workers to break strike

February 2015 protests against attacks on civilians: 8 February 2015: Thousands of Bangladeshis form a human chain to protest against an increasing number of deadly attacks on civilians using petrol bombs - 27 February 2015: Protests in Dhaka after USA citizen Avijit Roy, whose blog championed liberal secular writing in Bangladesh, hacked to death by Islamists

April 2015 rallies supporting victims of 2013 Rana Plaza factory disaster: 18 April 2015: Rallies in Bangladesh as victims of Rana Plaza factory disaster in 2013 await compensation

September 2015 student protests: August/September 2015 Bangladesh student protests demanding the VAT imposed on higher education in private universities be eliminated, following strong opposition, the VAT was reduced to 7.5% and the imposed VAT was withdrawn by the finance division after a cabinet meeting on 14 September 2015

November 2015 protest against Islamists' hacking attacks: 2 November 2015: Hundreds of people, including writers, publishers and bookshop owners, took to the streets of Dhaka to protest against government inaction over a string of murder attacks by suspected Islamists, including the hacking to death on Saturday of a publisher of secular books, as rallies were also held in other cities and towns to demand more protection

2016: 7 April 2016: Students protested Thursday in Dhaka after Nazimuddin Samad, a law student and secular activist, was hacked and shot to death in the Bangladeshi capital the day before

December 2016: 27 December 2016: At least 1,500 workers sacked from Bangladesh garment factories after tens of thousands of workers walked out of factories in Ashulia, which make clothes for top western brands such as USA's Gap, Spain's Zara and Sweden's H&M, in protests sparked by the sacking of 121 workers, but soon evolved into a demand for the trebling of workers’ pay from the current monthly minimum of 5,300 taka or £54, and escalated after police fired rubber bullets injuring demonstrators, branded the protests illegal and arrested workers including union leaders and a television reporter by using a controversial wartime-era law intended to deal with threats to state security

Society, demographics, culture and human rights in Bangladesh: Bangladeshi society

Demographics and ethnic groups in Bangladesh: Demographics of Bangladesh - Indigenous peoples in Bangladesh - Ethnic groups in Bangladesh

Culture and languages in Bangladesh: - Culture of Bangladesh - Languages of Bangladesh

Women in Bangladesh: Women in Bangladesh - Women's rights in Bangladesh - Women in Bangladesh's garment industry

Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC) - women's welfare in Bangladesh - Bangladesh National Women Lawyers' Association

'Acid Survivors Foundation' Bangladeshi organisation dedicated to raising awareness and preventing acid attacks and providing survivors with medical and legal aid

Child labour in Bangladesh: Child labour in Bangladesh

2009: 26 October 2009: ILO report on child labour in Bangladesh

2009/2013: 15 May 2013: Project to combat child labour through education in Bangladesh, where an estimated 13% of children aged 5-14 work full-time

2017: 24 January 2017: Garment brands contribute to low wages, long working hours, child labour and school dropouts in Bangladesh, according to 'Stop Child Labour' and SOMO's report 'Branded Childhood’

Education in Bangladesh: Education in Bangladesh

Schools in Bangladesh: Schools in Bangladesh - Schools in Bangladesh by district - High schools in Bangladesh - List of schools in Bangladesh

Universities and colleges in Bangladesh: Universities in Bangladesh - Universities and colleges in Bangladesh - Public universities of Bangladesh - Private universities in Bangladesh - Universities and colleges in Bangladesh by type - Textile schools in Bangladesh

Universities and colleges in Dhaka - List of colleges in Chittagong

University of Dhaka, established in 1921 during the British Raj, the oldest university in modern Bangladesh and a significant contributor to the modern history of Bangladesh - Asian University for Women, the first liberal arts university for women in South Asia, located in the port city of Chittagong - European University of Bangladesh since 2012

Health and healthcare in Bangladesh: Health in Bangladesh - Healthcare in Dhaka

Hospitals in Bangladesh: Hospitals in Bangladesh

Schools of medicine in Bangladesh - List of medical colleges in Bangladesh

Water supply and sanitation in Bangladesh: Water supply and sanitation in Bangladesh

Media of Bangladesh: Media of Bangladesh

List of journalists killed in Bangladesh since 1992: List of journalists killed in Bangladesh since 1992

2012: 30 December 2012: 2012 South Asia mourned the murder of 25 media persons, 13 journalists in Pakistan, five in India, three in Bangladesh, and two each in Nepal and Afghanistan, a report says

Newspapers, radio and TV in Bangladesh: Bangladeshi television and radio channels - Newspapers in Bangladesh

Internet in Bangladesh: Internet in Bangladesh - 4 April 2013 Bengali blog blackout - 25 April 2013 and 2 May 2013: Worldwide Protests for Free Expression in Bangladesh

Crime in Bangladesh: Crime in Bangladesh

Corruption in Bangladesh: Corruption in Bangladesh - Anti Corruption Commission Bangladesh - 18 October 2005: Bangladesh has been ranked as the most corrupt country on earth in the latest list of corrupt nations published by Transparency International - Corruption Perceptions Index 2012 Bangladesh rank 144 - Bangladesh has been ranked 136th in the Corruption Perceptions Index 2013

2013: 23 December 2013: Bangladesh police brought charges over the Tazreen factory garment factory fire, accusing the owners and 11 others of negligence that led to the loss of 111 lives

2014: 9 February 2014: Fugitive owners of fire-disaster Tazreen Fashions factory sent to jail

15 June 2014: Anti-graft commission accuses 17 people with violations over 2013 garment factory collapse that killed 1130 people in Dhaka

Human trafficking in Bangladesh: Human trafficking in Bangladesh

Human rights abuses in Bangladesh: Human rights abuses in Bangladesh - Torture in Bangladesh

Forced disappearance in Bangladesh: Forced disappearance in Bangladesh

Human rights, religion, religious violence and terrorism in Bangladesh: Human rights in Bangladesh - Religious violence in Bangladesh

Religion in Bangladesh - Freedom of religion in Bangladesh - Buddhism in Bangladesh - Hinduism in Bangladesh - Islam in Bangladesh

Bangladesh Liberation War 1971, war tribunal since 2011 and protests: Bangladesh Liberation War 1971 - 1971 Bangladesh atrocities - 10 August 2011: Bangladesh war tribunal to start work in Dhaka - International Crimes Tribunal (Bangladesh) - 5 February 2013: Abdul Kader Mullah, senior Jamaat-e-Islami party leader, sentenced to life for crimes against humanity during 1971 war - 16 February 2013: At least four people are killed as opposition activists clash with police during protests over war crimes trial - 9 May 2013: Muhammad Kamaruzzaman sentenced to death in the fourth verdict in Bangladesh's war crimes tribunals - 15 July 2013: Special Bangladeshi court sentenced top Islamist Ghulam Azam to 90 years in prison for masterminding atrocities during the 1971 war - 17 July 2013: Bangladesh Islamist leader Mohammad Mojaheed sentenced to death for 1971 war crimes - 17 September: Bangladesh Supreme Court sentences Islamist leader Abdul Quader Mollah to death for war crimes - 12/13 December 2013: Bangladesh executes Islamist leader Abdul Quader Molla for war crimes

Riots, violence and terrorism in Bangladesh since 2001: Terrorism in Bangladesh

2001: 2001 Ramna Batamul bombings

2004/2005: 2004 Dhaka grenade attack - 2005 Bangladesh bombings

2012: Hathazari violence February 2012 - Fatehpur violence March 2012 - Chirirbandar violence August 2012 - Ramu violence September 2012 - 30 September 2012: Hundreds of Muslims have set fire to at least 10 Buddhist temples and 2.100 homes in southern Bangladesh after picture of allegedly desecrated Quran on Facebook - 1 October: Troops deployed after new attacks on Buddhists

2013 timeline including riots, violence and terrorist incidents in Bangladesh: Bangladesh timeline including riots, violence and terrorist incidents in 2013

2014 timeline including riots, violence and terrorist incidents in Bangladesh: 2014 Bangladesh timeline including riots, violence and terrorist incidents

2015 timeline including riots, violence and terrorist incidents in Bangladesh: 2015 Bangladesh timeline including riots, violence and terrorist incidents - 24 January 2015: At least 34 people died and scores injured amid rising political unrest fueled by a stand-off between PM Hasina and BNP - 3 February 2015: Seven people killed in in the southeastern district of Comilla after petrol bombs thrown at bus trying to enforce a transport boycott - 7 February: At least nine people, including two children, were burned alive in Dhaka when terrorists hurled petrol bombs at a packed bus and a truck - 24 October 2015: At least one person killed and nearly 80 wounded on Saturday in a bomb attack outside the main Shia site in Dhaka as thousands gathered for the annual Ashura procession

2016 timeline including riots, violence and terrorist incidents in Bangladesh: 2016 timeline including riots, violence and terrorist incidents in Bangladesh

July 2016 Gulshan attack: 1 July 2016 Gulshan attack - 2 July 2016: 20 hostages were killed in Dhaka attack that ended when security forces stormed the upscale restaurant where heavily armed militants were holding dozens of people

2013 Bangladesh riots and anti-Hindu violence: 2013 Bangladesh riots - 28 February: At least 30 people are reported to have been killed and hundreds injured in protests after member from Jamaat-e-Islami party Delwar Hossain Sayedee was sentenced to death for war crimes - 1 March 2013: Death toll over death sentence for convicted Delwar Hossain Sayedee reaches 42, as new round of clashes erupt in Bangladesh - 3 March: Bangladesh deploys troops in the north as six more people were killed in fresh clashes - 5 March: Jamaat-e-Islami activists clashed with security forces for a fifth day on Monday during a nationwide strike called to denounce war crimes trials, leaving at least three people dead and dozens injured

2013 Bangladesh Anti-Hindu violence - 19 December 2013: Eight Awami activists sentenced to death by a fast-track Bangladeshi court for hacking to death a Hindu man during a nationwide strike in 2012 - 7 January 2014: Seven BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami activists arrested for attacks on Hindus in Jessore and Dinajpur, after members of the community voted despite opposition's call to boycott Sunday's elections

2013 Shahbag protests: 2013 Shahbag protests - 16 February 2013: One of the organisers of the Shahbagh protest blogger Ahmed Rajib Haider’s throat was slit after he was hacked to death by the attackers, police say - 28 February 2013: Calls grow for banning Jamaat-e-Islami in BD - 2 March 2013: Police arrested five students on charges of murdering anti-Islamist blogger Ahmed Rajib Haider whose death triggered nationwide turmoil

Demand for a new blasphemy law, persecution and murder of secularists in Bangladesh: Since 2012 a number of secularist writers, bloggers, publishers and activists in Bangladesh have been killed or seriously injured in attacks amid tensions between Bangladeshi secularists, who want the country to maintain its secularist tradition of separation of religion and state, and Islamists, who want an Islamic state

2012: 16 June 2012: Journalist Zamal Uddin stabbed to death at Kashipur Bazar in Jessore district

2013: 18 February 2013: Reporters Without Borders strongly condemns the murder of Ahmed Rajib Haider, who was hacked to death in Dhaka on 15 February - 6 April 2013: Hundreds of thousands of Islamists rallied in Dhaka on Saturday to demand the execution of bloggers for allegedly defaming Islam - 6 May: At least 22 people were killed as Bangladeshi police fought pitch battles with tens of thousands of Islamists in Dhaka demanding blasphemy law - 10 June: Protestors clashed with police in several towns as the latest strike declared by the nation's largest Islamic party paralysed much of the country - 27 October: Three killed as political strike grips Bangladesh - 27 November: Bangladesh opposition supporters blocked roads and ripped up railway tracks in protests against the announcement of an election date, leaving four people dead and plunging the nation into fresh turmoi - 2 December 2013: Bangladeshi ministers escape bomb attacks ahead of next month's general elections

2015: 12 May 2015: Secular blogger Ananta Bijoy Das has been hacked to death in north-eastern city of Sylhet, the third such deadly attack this year and an attack, that fellow writers said highlighted a culture of impunity - 30 March 2015: Blogger Washiqur Rahman has been hacked to death in Dhaka, in the latest brutal attack on Bangladesh’s independent writers - 7 August 2015: Secular blogger Niloy Chakrabarti hacked to death with machetes after a gang broke into his apartment in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka on Friday, had told police of threats against him and requested protection weeks before he died - 31 October 2015: The publisher of secular books Faisal Abedin Deepan hacked to death in the Bangladeshi capital while in a separate attack in Dhaka two other writers and a publisher were stabbed and shot at a publishing house

2016: 7 April 2016: Bangladeshi law student Nazimuddin Samad, who had been on a Islamists' death list sent to Bangladesh’s interior ministry, and who criticised Islamism on his Facebook page, has been hacked to death by at least four assailants in Dhaka, the latest in a series of killings of secular activists and bloggers in the country - 23 April 2016: University English professor Rezaul Karim Siddique in Bangladesh hacked to death in an assault police say bears the hallmarks of previous killings by Islamist militants of secular and atheist activists> - 26 April 2016: USA embassy worker, LGBT rights activist Julhas Mannan and Tanay Mojumdar murdered Monday evening in Dhaka - 14 May 2016: A Buddhist monk reportedly found hacked to death on Saturday in the southeastern district of Bandarban, the latest in a spate of murders of religious minorities and secular activists

Law and law enforcement in Bangladesh: Law of Bangladesh - Legal history of Bangladesh - Constitution of Bangladesh - Amendments to the Constitution of Bangladesh

Judiciary of Bangladesh: Judiciary of Bangladesh - Supreme Court of Bangladesh, the highest court of law in Bangladesh composed of the High Court Division and the Appellate Division - Dhaka High Court - Chief Justice of Bangladesh, the chief amongst the judges of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh and also head of the whole judicial establishments, including subordinate courts, appointed by The President of Bangladesh, who sits in the Appellate Division with other judges to hear and decide cases

2016: 5/6 May 2016: Bangladeshi High Court declares the 16th Amendment to the Constitution establishing Parliament’s power to remove the Supreme Court judges illegal and contradictory to the Constitution

Law enforcement in Bangladesh: Law enforcement in Bangladesh - Law enforcement agencies of Bangladesh

2016: 12 June 2016: 4 days after the wife of a police superintendent, who led operations against Islamist militants and drug cartels, was shot and stabbed to death in the city of Chittagong, Bangladeshi police arrest thousands, including 85 suspected Islamist radicals, trying to stop the waves of attacks on minorities and activists

Foreign relations of Bangladesh: Foreign relations of Bangladesh

Bangladesh/Burma relations: Bangladesh/Burma relations

2012: 13 June 2012: Bangladesh turns away Rakhine refugees - 22 July 2012: More than 300.000 from Myanmar live in makeshift camps along its border with Bangladesh as unregistered refugees

2016: 25 November 2016: Thousands of Rohingya Muslims who have fled to Bangladesh from Myanmar where they have been attacked by security forces are being pushed back by the Bangladeshi authorities, according to rights group - 28 novembre 2016: Plusieurs bateaux de Rohingyas fuyant les violences dans l'ouest de la Birmanie ont été refoulés lundi par le Bangladesh

Bangladesh/Germany relations: Bangladesh/Germany relations - 24 April 2013: After the deadly collapse of a block housing garment factories in Dhaka, a website of a company, which had two factories in the building, listed 27 main buyers, including firms from Britain, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Spain, and the United States

Bangladesh/India relations: Bangladesh/India relations - Indians in Bangladesh - Bangladesh–India border - 1947 Radcliffe Line - India–Bangladesh enclaves - Sharing the water of the Ganges - Transport between India and Bangladesh

2001: 2001 Bangladeshi-Indian border skirmish

2011: 6 September 2011: Bangladesh and India today signed an agreement on demarcation of land boundaries - Teesta river waters treaty on hold

2014: 26 February 2014: Why are people in Bangladesh protesting the Bollywood movie Gunday

2015: 1 August 2015: Tens of thousands of stateless people stranded for decades along the poorly defined border between India and Bangladesh can finally choose their citizenship, as the two countries swapped more than 150 pockets of land to settle the demarcation line dividing them

Bangladeshis in the Middle East: Bangladeshis in the Middle East

Bangladesh/Pakistan relations: Bangladesh/Pakistan relations - Partition of the British Indian Empire 1947 - Bangladesh Liberation War 1971 - Organisation of Islamic Cooperation's role in Pakistan-Bangladesh relationship

Stateless persons with historic links to Pakistan living in Bangladesh: Stateless persons with historic links to Pakistan living in Bangladesh - Persecution of Biharis in Bangladesh

2013: 2013 siege of the Pakistani embassy in Dhaka

2014: 15 June 2014: At least nine people, including three children and two women, killed and 30 injured in a fire during clashes at a refugee camp in Dhaka

Bangladesh/Saudi Arabia relations: Bangladesh/Saudi Arabia relations - 8 October 2011: Saudi public beheading of eight Bangladesh workers condemned

Bangladesh/United Arab Emirates relations: Bangladesh/United Arab Emirates relations - Bangladeshis in the United Arab Emirates

Bangladesh/United Kingdom relations: Bangladesh/United Kingdom relations - British Raj - British rule in the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947 - 26 April 2013: British low-cost fashion line Primark and Spanish giant Mango have acknowledged having their products made in the collapsed factory bloc in Dhaka, that has so far claimed the lives of over 250 local workers - hundreds of thousands of workers walked out of their factories in solidarity with their dead colleagues on Thursday

Bangladesh/United Nations relations: Bangladesh/United Nations relations - 19 November 2013: Bangladesh must introduce sweeping reforms in its garment industry to maintain economic growth, the ILO says - 8 December 2013: UN launches effort to end political deadlock over the general elections on January 5 - 10 March 2014: UN envoy says Bangladesh needs billions of dollars to adapt to climate change as donors fail to match pledges with money

Bangladesh/USA relations: Bangladesh/USA relations

2012/2013: 27 November 2012: Walmart admits goods made at Bangladesh fire factory near Dhaka - 27 November 2012: US retailer ends relationship with unnamed Bangladesh textile firm - 27 juin 2013: Les Etats-Unis ont imposé des sanctions commerciales au Bangladesh invoquant les dangereuses conditions de travail

2015/2016: 27 February 2015: USA citizen Avijit Roy, whose blog championed liberal secular writing in the Muslim-majority nation of Bangladesh, hacked to death by unidentified assailants in Dhaka - 26 April 2016: USA embassy worker, LGBT rights activist Julhas Mannan and Tanay Mojumdar murdered Monday evening in Dhaka - 21 November 2016: Alliance consortium, which includes Walmart, Gap and Target, has pushed back deadlines to implement fire exits, alarms and structural renovations more than three years after deadly Rana Plaza collapse, after Walmart declined to sign an accord and founded an alliance including Gap, Target, Hudson’s Bay Company, whose brands include Saks Fifth Avenue and Lord & Taylor, and VF Corporation, whose brands include North Face, Timberland, Vans and Wrangler, independent survey says

Natural disasters in Bangladesh: Natural disasters in Bangladesh - Environment of Bangladesh

Floods and landslides in Bangladesh: Floods in Bangladesh - July/August 2007 South Asian floods

2012: 27 June 2012: More than 50 people have been killed in landslides after three days of rains

2017: June 2017 Bangladesh landslides

Tornadoes, storms and weather events in Bangladesh: Tornadoes in Bangladesh

1989: April 1989 Daulatpur–Saturia, Bangladesh tornado was an extremely dangerous tornado that occurred in the Manikganj District

2016: 16 mai 2016: La foudre a tué 59 personnes en trois jours au Bangladesh, la plupart des victimes sont des paysans frappés alors qu'ils travaillaient dans leurs rizières

Tropical cyclones and storms in Bangladesh: Tropical cyclones in Bangladesh

2013/2014: 23 March 2013: Tornado in eastern Brahmanbaria district leaves 20 dead, 200 injured - Cyclone Mahasen May 2013 - 17 May 2013: At least 45 deaths related to cyclone Mahasen were reported in Bangladesh, Myanmar and Sri Lanka - 28 April 2014: A severe storm left at least nine people dead and about 1,000 homeless after hitting northern Bangladesh

2016: May 2016 Cyclonic Storm Roanu caused severe flooding in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh

2017: May 2017 Cyclone Mora - 30 mai 2017: Le cyclone Mora a fait cinq morts mardi au Bangladesh et a endommagé des milliers d'habitations

Earthquakes in Bangladesh: Earthquakes in Bangladesh

2016: January 2016 Bangladesh and Northeast India earthquake

Brunei - Geography of Brunei - History of Brunei - Demographics of Brunei

Economy of Brunei: Economy of Brunei - main industries include petroleum, petroleum refining, liquefied natural gas, construction - Companies of Brunei

Energy in Brunei: Energy in Brunei

Petroleum and natural gas in Brunei: Petroleum in Brunei - Brunei LNG, established in 1969, owned by the Government of Brunei (50%), Shell Overseas Trading Limited and Mitsubishi Corporation (both 25%) - Brunei Shell Petroleum Co Sdn Bhd

Society, demographics and human rights in Brunei: Bruneian society - Demographics of Brunei - Human rights in Brunei

22 October 2013: Sultan of Brunei introduces tough Islamic punishments including death by stoning

Politics of Brunei: Politics of Brunei - Political parties in Brunei - Brunei People's Party, established in 1956 to bring Brunei into full independence from the United Kingdom, is a banned party since 1962 - National Development Party, registered political party, but legislative elections have not been held in Brunei since 1962 - Brunei National Solidarity Party, banned in 1988, legislative elections have not been held in Brunei since 1962

Legislative Council of Brunei: Legislative Council of Brunei

Foreign relations of Brunei: Foreign relations of Brunei - ASEAN–China Free Trade Area

Brunei/Indonesia relations: Brunei/Indonesia relations

Brunei/Japan relations: Japanese occupation of British Borneo 1941-1945

Brunei/Malaysia relations: Brunei/Malaysia relations - Brunei and Malaysia

Brunei/Netherlands relations: 3 January 2012: Tainted ‘symbiotic partnership’ between Brunei regime and Shell

Brunei/United Kingdom relations: Brunei/United Kingdom relations - British Borneo 1846-1963 - Brunei Revolt 1962-1966, in 1962 rebels began co-ordinated attacks on the oil town of Seria (targeting the Royal Dutch Shell oil installations) and on police stations and government facilities around the protectorate - Brunei and Malaysia - Brunei pulled out of the Malaysia Agreement 1963 and became independent from the United Kingdom on 1 January 1984 - Brunei Shell Petroleum Co Sdn Bhd

Burma - Geography of Burma - History of Burma - British rule in Burma lasted from 1824 to 1948 - Demographics of Burma

Economy of Burma: Economy of Burma - main industries include agricultural processing, wood and wood products, copper, tin, tungsten, iron, cement, construction materials, pharmaceuticals, fertilizer, petroleum and natural gas, garments, jade and gems - List of companies of Burma

Energy in Burma: Energy in Burma - Hydroelectric power stations in Burma - Dams in Burma

Oil and gas industry in Myanmar: Oil and gas industry in Myanmar

Mining in Myanmar: Mining in Myanmar - Pinpet Mining Project and forced relocations and displacement

Jade production and trade in Burma: Jade production and trade in Burma

2015: 23 novembre 2015: Les secours birmans sont à la recherche de personnes portées disparues après le gigantesque glissement de terrain survenu dans une mine de jade dans le nord du pays, faisant plus d'une centaine de morts

Garment production in Burma: Garment production in Myanmar (Burma)

2012: 17 March 2012: Six top garment makers moving to low-wage Burma

2017: 5 February 2017: Low labour costs in Myanmar have encouraged international brands to switch production from more expensive countries, there are now more than 400 factories in the country, employing 350,000 people, 90% of them women, and between 2010 and 2014 exports tripled to £787m - 5 Februar 2017: As the conditions for workers in the garment industry are far from acceptable, over the past few years Myanmar has rapidly become a popular sourcing destination for this industry employing children

Agriculture in Burma: Agriculture in Burma is the main industry in the country, accounting for 60% of the GDP and employing some 65% of the labor force - Crops are rice, corn, pulses, peas, onions, groundnuts, seeds, sesame, spices, sugarcane

Opium production in Burma: Opium production in Burma

2012: 31 October 2012: Opium production 'on the rise in SE Asia' and Burma as the world's second-largest producer of opium, UN study says

Forestry and deforestation in Burma: Forestry in Burma - Deforestation in Burma

Water in Burma: Water in Burma - Bodies of water of Burma - List of rivers of Burma

Tourism in Burma: Tourism in Burma - Visitor attractions in Burma

Military of Burma: Military of Burma - Military history of Burma

19th century Anglo-Burmese Wars: Anglo-Burmese wars - First Anglo-Burmese War 1824-1826 - Second Anglo-Burmese War 1852 - Third Anglo-Burmese War 1885 - Burmese resistance movement 1885–1895

Since 1948: 1948–present internal conflict in Burma

1962 Burmese coup d'état: 1962 Burmese coup d'état marking the beginnings of the political dominance of the army which spanned the course of 26 years and further

Politics of Burma: Politics of Burma - 1947 Constitution of Myanmar - 2008 Constitution of Myanmar

1948-1962 Post-independence Burma: 1948-1962 Post-independence Burma - 1945-1958 Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League - 1948-1962 Chamber of Deputies in Burma

Since 1948 Internal conflict in Burma: Internal conflict in Burma since 1948, one of the world's longest-running civil wars and began shortly after the country's attainment of independence from the United Kingdom in 1948 - List of insurgent groups in Myanmar

1951-1952 General elections held in Burma: 1951-1952 General elections held in Burma over several months due to internal conflict within the country

April 1956 Burmese general election: 27 April 1956 Burmese general election

February 1960 Burmese general election: 6 February 1960 Burmese general election

March 1962 Burmese coup d'état: March 1962 Burmese coup d'état marking the beginnings of the political dominance of the army which spanned the course of 26 years and further

1962/1963: 1962-1963 Rangoon University protests, a series of marches, demonstrations, and protests against stricter campus regulations, the end of the system of university self-administration, and the policy of the new military regime of General Ne Win

Since 1962 and 1988 protests in Myanmar: Since 1962 and 1988 protests in Myanmar

Democracy movements and political parties in Burma: Burmese democracy movements - Political parties in Burma - National League for Democracy - Aung San Suu Kyi

March-September 1988 popular pro-democracy protests: Nationwide popular pro-democracy protests, a series of marches, demonstrations, protests March-September 1988 and on 8 August 1988

18 September 1988: 18 September 1988 State Law and Order Restoration Council seizing power

1988-2011: 1988-2011 State Law and Order Restoration Council, named State Peace and Development Council since 1997

Since 2007 Burmese anti-government protests: 2007 Burmese anti-government protests - Timeline of the 2007-2008 Saffron Revolution - International reactions to the 2007-2008 Saffron Revolution

2010 Burmese general election: Burmese general election 2010

Since 2011 Burmese political reforms, ongoing repression and elections: 2011-2012 Burmese political reforms - Elections in Burma - 29 June 2011: Military regime warns Suu Kyi ahead of tour of country - 4 July 2011: Aung San Suu Kyi for the first time travelling since release - trip to Bagan - 7 July 2011: Crowds throng as Suu Kyi visits Bagan - 14 August: Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi made first political trip outside Rangoon since release, calling for national unity - 19 August: Auung San Suu Kyi meets army backed President Thein Sein amid government's attempts to soften its image - 12 octobre 2011: Des dizaines de prisonniers politiques vont être libérés - 18 November: Suu Kyi's democracy party to rejoin Burma politics - 2 December: Opposition leader Suu Kyi says after a meeting with Hillary Clinton that improved ties with USA can help democratisation

2012: Burmese by-elections 2012 - 10 January 2012: Suu Kyi to run for Myanmar parliament in April by-elections - 13 January: Myanmar frees more political prisoners - ceasefire with Karen rebels signed - 17. Januar 2012: Burmas Präsident stoppt das Militär und stärkt Schutz von Minderheiten - 12 February 2012: Myanmar MPs tackle first budget in decades - Burmese by-elections 1 April 2012 - 1 April: Voting under way for 45 seats in parliament, with pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi among those standing - 2 avril: L'opposante Aung San Suu Kyi élue députée, selon la Ligue nationale pour la démocratie gagnant 43 sièges sur 44 - 2 April: Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi says she hopes Sunday's by-elections marked the start of a new era in Burma - 16 juin 2012: Aung San Suu Kyi reçoit son Prix Nobel de la Paix 1991 à Oslo - 20 August: Burma ends media censorship - 7 September: Myanmar appoints first female Cabinet minister - 17 September: Burma has released more than 500 prisoners, including some of the country's remaining political detainees and a number of foreigners - 30 September: Thein Sein 'would accept Suu Kyi as president' - 29 November 2012: Riot police fired water cannon to disperse people near the central town of Monywa protesting against the expansion of a copper mine jointly owned by the Burmese military and Chinese arms manufacturer Norinco - 30 November: Opposition leader Suu Kyi criticises police behind crackdown on mine protest that injured dozens, including Buddhist monks - 2 December 2012: Police apologise for mine crackdown as government forms commission to be headed by Aung San Suu Kyi to investigate raid

2013: 10 mars 2013: Aung San Suu Kyi, réélue à la tête du LND à l’occasion du tout premier congrès du parti, appelle à l’unité - 25 May: Two-child limit for Muslims in parts of Myanmar - 24 July 2013: The government reportedly agreed to release some 70 political prisoners, after President Thein Sein vowed to free all dissidents by the end of the year

2014: 2014-2015 Myanmar students national education law protests

September/October 2014: 7 September 2014: The government has called off an election scheduled for the end of this year to fill 35 vacated seats in parliament - On 7 September 2014, Union Election Commission cancelled the by-election because the period for campaigning would take place too close to that of the general elections in 2015 - 31 October 2014: Former military commander Thein Sein has opened unprecedented talks with Aung San Suu Kyi and other politicians as USA's Obama called for 'inclusive and credible' elections in 2015

November/December 2014 Burmese by-elections: Cancelled Burmese by-elections November/December 2014

2015: 8 July 2015: Burma to hold general election on 8 November 2015 - 13 August 2015: Security forces in Naypyidaw surround the headquarters of Burma's military-backed ruling party, and senior regime figures are removed from their posts, as tensions mount ahead of elections in November - 14 August: Regime gags media linked to parliamentary speaker Shwe Mann after he and his allies were dramatically purged from ruling party's leadership by Thein Sein in a controversy over the military's political role - 18 August: Aung San Suu Kyi says she and her party will work with purged ruling party leader Shwe Mann

August-September 2015: August-September 2015 'Black Ribbon Movement' Myanmar, a movement of medical professions and medical students against the appointment of military officers to positions within Ministry of Health in Myanmar in August 2015

September 2015: September 2015 'Yellow Ribbon Campaign' of Myanmar, a movement of lawyers against the appointment of retired military officers to positions in judiciary practice in Myanmar, yellow ribbon refers to the yellow badge of civil servants in judiciary

November 2015 Burmese/Myanmar general election: Burmese general election on 8 November 2015 - 9 November: Aung San Suu Kyi's party heading for victory - 10 November: Myanmar election 'credible', say EU observers, as Aung San Suu Kyi eyes victory - 15 November 2015: Former junta general Thein Sein 'will hand power' to Aung San Suu Kyi after poll win, vowing a smooth transition of power

2016: 1 February 2016: Poverty, ethnic tensions left over from years under military junta and China top agenda for Myanmar's new politicians, now dominated by the former opposition National League for Democracy - 15 March 2016: Myanmar's parliament elects Suu Kyi confidant as president, making Htin Kyaw the first head of state who does not hail from a military background since the 1960s

Society, demographics, culture and human rights in Burma: Burmese society - Human rights in Burma

Administrative divisions of Burma - regions, states, districts and cities of Burma: Administrative divisions of Burma - regions and states of Burma - Districts of Burma - List of cities in Burma

Ayeyarwady Region occupying the delta region of the Ayeyarwady River

Bago region located in the southern central part of the country

Chin state

Kachin state - Kachin Independence Movement was founded during the British colonial occupation of Burma in the 1940s to address questions of ethnic group and minority rights

1961–1994, 2011–present: Kachin conflict, first conflict 1961–1994 and second conflict 2011–present

Kayah state

Kayin state - 1949-present Karen conflict is an armed conflict in Burma known as the 'longest civil war in the world' - Karen refugee camps - Karen National Union is a political organization with an armed wing, the Karen National Liberation Army

2010–2012: 2010–2012 Burma border clashes

Magway region

Mandalay Region located in the center of the country

2013: 2013 Myanmar anti-Muslim riots, a series of conflicts in various cities throughout central and eastern Myanmar

Mon state

Naypyidaw Union Territory

Rakhine state situated on the western coast - History of Rakhine

Since 1947 Rohingya denied citizenship and rebellion: Since 1947 Rohingya rebellion in Western Burma, armed conflict between the state of Burma and its Rohingya Muslim minority most of them have been denied citizenship by the Burmese government

2012 Rakhine state riots: 2012 Rakhine state riots

2016–2017 Northern Rakhine State clashes: 2016–2017 Northern Rakhine State clashes

Sagaing Region, administrative region of Myanmar, located in the north-western part bordered by India’s Nagaland, Manipur, and Arunachal Pradesh States to the north, Kachin State, Shan State, and Mandalay Region to the east, the urban population in 2012 was 1,230,000 and the rural population was 5,360,000

2013: 2013 Myanmar anti-Muslim riots, a series of conflicts in various cities throughout central and eastern Myanmar

Shan state - Kokang is a self-administered zone of Burma located in the northern part of Shan State - August 2009 Kokang incident

2013: 2013 Myanmar anti-Muslim riots, a series of conflicts in various cities throughout central and eastern Myanmar

2015: 2015 Kokang conflict and offensive launched by the Burmese Army in February 2015 in Kokang in northern Shan State

Tanintharyi Region covering the long narrow southern part of the country on the Kra Isthmus

Yangon Region located in the heart of Lower Myanmar and dominated by its capital city of Yangon, the former national capital and the largest city in the country

Demographics and ethnic groups in Burma: Demographics of Burma - Ethnic groups in Burma

Bamar people - Burmese language

Chinese people in Burma constitute 3.0% of the Burmese population in 2012

Burmese Indians constitute 2.0% of the Burmese population in 2011

Karen people refer to a number of Sino-Tibetan language speaking ethnic groups which reside primarily in Karen State, southern and southeastern Burma - 1949-present Karen conflict is an armed conflict in Burma known as the 'longest civil war in the world' - Karen National Union is a political organization with an armed wing, the Karen National Liberation Army - 2010–2012 Burma border clashes

Red Karen subgroup of the Karen people, a Sino-Tibetan people living mostly in Kayah State of Burma

Mon people are an ethnic group from Burma living mostly in Mon State, Bago Region, the Irrawaddy Delta and along the southern border of Thailand and Burma

Rakhine people forming the majority along the coastal region of present day Rakhine State - Arakanese language

Rohingya people are Muslim people who live in northern Rakhine and speak the Rohingya language - Persecution of Muslims in Burma - Rohingya conflict in Western Burma since 1947 - 2015 Rohingya refugee crisis - 29 May: Numbers are now 'alarming' in South-east Asia migrant crisis, Bangkok talks told

Shan people are a Tai ethnic group of Southeast Asia

Culture of Burma and languages in Burma: Culture of Burma - Languages of Burma

Religion and freedom of religion in Burma: Religion in Burma/Myanmar - Freedom of religion in Burma

Polygamy in Myanmar: Gender in Myanmar: Gender in Myanmar

Polygamy in Myanmar

Women and women's rights in Myanmar: Women in Myanmar - Women's rights in Myanmar - Women's League of Burma, a community-based organisation working on the rights of women from Burma, with a focus on systematic sexual violence in ethnic areas, and women's involvement in political processes, especially in the peace process - Since 2003 Myanmar Women's Affairs Federation, formed 20 December as a voluntary non-governmental organisation for the advancement of all women, regardless of nationality, race or religion

Children and youth in Myanmar: Children in Myanmar - Youth in Myanmar

2017: 23 May 2017: As many as 150 children die every day in Myanmar before they reach their fifth birthday, says Unicef report, calling for the government to end blocks on humanitarian access to conflict areas and to reach children worst affected by conflict and poverty

Education in Burma: Education in Burma

Schools in Burma - 2 April 2013: Muslim school fire kills at least 13 in Yangon

Media of Burma: Media of Burma

Censorship in Burma: Censorship in Burma

Newspapers in Burma: Newspapers in Burma

Internet in Myanmar: Internet in Myanmar - Internet censorship in Myanmar

Religion, conflicts and violence in Burma: Religion in Burma/Myanmar - Freedom of religion in Burma

2012 Rakhine state riots: 2012 Rakhine state riots - 10 June 2012: Violence involving Buddhists and Muslims has left 17 people dead and hundreds of properties damaged in the western state of Rakhine - 11 June: Curfew imposed in Rakhine following clashes between Buddhists and Muslims - 13 June: UN envoy visiting Rakhine state - 18 August: Burma sets up a commission to investigate recent violence between Buddhists and Muslims in the west of the country - 25 October: New wave of sectarian violence in western Myanmar leaves five people dead and dozens injured, triggering another exodus of Muslims to emergency camps - 28 October: More than 22.000 people have been displaced in Rakhine state, surging towards already overcrowded camps after new communal violence that has left dozens dead - 30 October: Fear, mistrust grip Myanmar's volatile Rakhine region - one Buddhist was shot dead and another wounded when security forces opened fire in Kyauknimaw

2013: 2013 Myanmar anti-Muslim riots, a series of conflicts in various cities throughout central and eastern Myanmar - 22 March 2013: Two days of clashes between Buddhists and Muslims in Meikhtila town leave at least 20 people dead - 23 March: Army patrols central city of Meikhtila where several days of clashes between Buddhists and Muslims left dozens of people dead and scores of buildings in flames - 24 March: Dozens of houses and a mosque have been torched as communal violence spread again in central Myanmar - 22 April: Myanmar accused of 'ethnic cleansing' - 22 April 2013: Video shows police standing by while Buddhist rioters attack minority Muslims in the town of Meiktila - 22 April 2013: Ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity committed against Myanmar's ethnic Rohingya people, according to a report by Human Rights Watch - 1 May: Buddhists hurling bricks overran a pair of mosques and set hundreds of homes ablaze in central Myanmar, injuring at least 10 people - 25 May: Two-child limit for Muslims in parts of Myanmar

2014: 28 February: Medecins Sans Frontieres' shock at Myanmar suspension, providing emergency assistance to tens of thousands of Rohingya people - 1 November 2015: UN urged to investigate 'strong evidence' of Rohingya genocide in Burma committed against stateless ethnic Muslim minority

2016–2017 Rohingya persecution in Myanmar: The 2016–2017 Rohingya persecution in Myanmar refers to the ongoing military crackdown by Myanmar's armed forces and police on Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine State in the country's northwestern region - 24 November 2016: Thousands of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar have fled to neighbouring Bangladesh to escape military operations that have left scores of people dead and as many as 30,000 displaced, as a senior UN official accuses the government of seeking to ethnically cleanse the country of its Muslim minority, and Bangladesh tightens border controls

2017: 9 February 2017: More than 1,000 Rohingya feared killed in Myanmar army crackdown, according to two UN officials dealing with refugees fleeing the violence

Crime in Burma: Crime in Burma

War crimes in Burma: War crimes in Burma

Terrorism in Burma: Terrorism in Burma

Corruption in Myanmar: Corruption in Myanmar

Human trafficking in Burma: Human trafficking in Burma

Illegal logging in Burma: Illegal logging in Burma

Illegal drug trade in Burma: Illegal drug trade in Burma

Law and law enforcement in Burma: Burmese law - Constitution of Myanmar - 2008 Constitution of Myanmar - Law enforcement in Burma

Judiciary of Myanmar: Judiciary of Myanmar

1937 'Trials in Burma': 'Trials in Burma' written in 1937 by Maurice Collis, who served in Burma in the Indian Civil Service under the British Empire, part of a huge machine which existed to protect British interests

Since 2011 Constitutional Tribunal of Myanmar: Since 2011 Constitutional Tribunal of Myanmar

Since 2011 Supreme Court of Myanmar: Since 2011 Supreme Court of Myanmar

Myanmar Police Force: Myanmar Police Force

Foreign relations of Burma: Foreign relations of Burma - Treaties of Myanmar

Southeast Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty - Association of Southeast Asian Nations ASEAN, political and economic organization of ten Southeast Asian countries, formed in 1967 by Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand and since then expanded to include Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar (Burma), and Vietnam

2015: 21 May 2015: Indonesia’s FM Retno Marsudi, Malaysia’s FM and more foreign diplomats are converging on Burma, seeking to discuss the Asian migrant crisis which is widely believed to have its roots in the mass fleeing of the country’s persecuted Rohingya minority

Tripoint of Burma, Laos and Thailand: The 'Golden Triangle' (Burma, Laos, Thailand) designates the confluence of the Ruak River and the Mekong River

Bilateral relations of Myanmar: Bilateral relations of Myanmar

Burma/Bangladesh relations: Burma/Bangladesh relations - 13 June 2012: Bangladesh turns away Rakhine refugees - 22 July 2012: More than 300.000 from Myanmar live in makeshift camps along its border with Bangladesh as unregistered refugees - 12 May 2015: Fears up to 6,000 asylum seekers are trapped at sea off south-east Asia

Burma/China relations: Burma/China relations - Chinese people in Burma - Sino-Burma pipelines since 2013/2014 - Bangladesh–China–India–Myanmar (Burma) Forum for Regional Cooperation since 1999

Burma/India relations: Burma/India relations - 28 May: Manmohan Singh in first visit to Burma by an Indian prime minister since 1987 - 29 May: PM Manmohan Singh meets Aung San Suu Kyi - 14 novembre 2012: Aung San Suu Kyi devait rencontrer à New Delhi le Premier ministre indien Manmohan Singh

Burma/Indonesia relations: Burma/Indonesia relations - 12 May 2015: Fears up to 6,000 asylum seekers are trapped at sea off south-east Asia - 15 May 2015: Asian migrant crisis grows as 700 asylum seekers rescued off Indonesia and as Burma undermined calls for a coordinated response to the crisis by threatening to boycott a planned south-east Asia summit

Burma/South Korea relations: 14 May 2012: South Korean President Lee Myung-bak in key Burma visit

Burma/Malaysia relations: Burma/Malaysia relations - Burmese in Malaysia - 12 May 2015: Fears up to 6,000 asylum seekers are trapped at sea off south-east Asia - 14 May 2015: Thousands of Rohingya Muslims and Bangladeshis abandoned at sea by human traffickers have nowhere to go after Malaysia turned away two boats crammed with more than 800 migrants, and Thailand kept at bay a third boat with hundreds more - 17 May: After Malaysia, Indonesian and Thailand sparked outrage by turning away boats with migrants, Burma faces blame over crisis - 20 May: Indonesia and Malaysia have agreed to provide temporary shelter to thousands of migrants stranded at sea

Burma/Thailand relations: Burma/Thailand relations - 29 mai 2012: Aung San Suu Kyi attendue à Bangkok pour son premier voyage en 24 ans - 12 May 2015: Fears up to 6,000 asylum seekers are trapped at sea off south-east Asia

Burma/United Kingdom relations: Burma/United Kingdom relations

19th century Anglo-Burmese Wars: Anglo-Burmese wars - First Anglo-Burmese War 1824-1826 - Second Anglo-Burmese War 1852 - Third Anglo-Burmese War 1885 - Burmese resistance movement 1885–1895

1824-1948 British rule in Burma: British rule in Burma lasted from 1824 to 1948

4 January 1948 – present, internal conflict in Burma: 1948–present internal conflict in Burma is one of the world's longest-running civil wars and began shortly after the country's attainment of independence from the United Kingdom in 1948

Burma/United Nations relations: Burma/United Nations relations - 30 April 2012: UN's Ban Ki-moon urges Burma to unite on path to change - 14 juin 2012: Devant la Conférence internationale du travail, l'opposante Aung San Suu Kyi appelle à investir en Birmanie - 24 May 2014: UN's human rights envoy to Myanmar Tomas Ojea Quintana expresses concern over the military's veto power on constitutional changes

2015: 2015 Rohingya refugee crisis, concerning Myanmar, Bangladesh and Southeast Asian countries including Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand - 27 May 2015: ASEAN has to help Rohingya more, UN refugee agency says - 29 May: Numbers are now 'alarming' in South-east Asia migrant crisis, Bangkok talks told

2017: 14 March 2017: UN special rapporteur on human rights Yanghee Lee calls for investigation into rights abuses following bloody crackdown against the Muslim minority, saying that a full purge could be the ultimate goal of the institutional persecution and horrific violence being perpetrated against the Rohingya - 19 May 2017: Myanmar failing to stop spread of religious violence, UN envoy says - 18 July 2017: Fears grow of terminal decline in Burma-UN relations as top UN official is denied access to area at centre of alleged human rights abuses and stonewalled by government

Burma/USA relations: Burma/USA relations - 5 April 2012: US to soften sanctions on Myanmar - 20 September: Recognised for campaign to fight for good governance Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu handed US Congressional medal - 9 November: Later this month as part of a November 17-20 tour of Southeast Asia Barack Obama will become the first US President to visit Myanmar - 21 May 2013: US president Obama urges the president of Myanmar in Washington to take steps to halt violence against Muslims and move ahead with economic and political reforms

Natural disasters in Burma: Natural disasters in Burma

Tropical cyclones in Burma: Tropical cyclones in Burma

2008: Cyclone Nargis 2008

2013: Cyclone Mahasen May 2013

Floods and landslides in Burma: Landslides in Myanmar

2012: 25 August 2012: At least 85.000 people have fled their homes after the worst flooding in years submerged hundreds of thousands of hectares of rice fields

2015: 2015 Myanmar Flood - 2 August 2015: Toll from flash floods and landslides will increase as monsoon rains lash Burma’s Sagaing region, which has been declared a disaster zone, UN warns

November 2015 Hpakant jade mine disaster: November 2015 Hpakant jade mine disaster

Earthquakes in Burma: Earthquakes in Burma

2016: 13 April 2016 Myanmar earthquake - 24 August 2016 Myanmar earthquake

Cambodia - Geography of Cambodia - History of Cambodia - Demographics of Cambodia

Economy of Cambodia: Economy of Cambodia - main industries include textiles, garments, mining, construction, cement, rubber, fishing, rice milling, wood products, tourism, casino gaming - Economic history of Cambodia - List of companies of Cambodia

Mineral industry of Cambodia: Mineral industry of Cambodia

Cambodia's garment industry: Cambodia's garment industry - 16 May 2013: Part of a shoe factory in Kampong Speu province, west of Phnom Penh, crashed on to employees as they were working, leaving at least two people dead - 20 October 2013: Clothes on your back - inside Cambodia's garment industry - 8 janvier 2014: Les ouvriers du textile au Cambodge fabriquent dans des conditions controversées et pour moins de 100 dollars par mois les vêtements vendus en Occident par Nike ou Gap

Natural resources of Cambodia and deforestation: Natural resources of Cambodia - Deforestation in Cambodia

Agriculture in Cambodia: Agriculture in Cambodia, represents 57.6% of labor force - crops include rice, maize, cassava, sweet potatoes, groundnuts, soybeans, sesame seeds, dry beans, and rubber

Tourism in Cambodia: Tourism in Cambodia

Poverty in Cambodia: Poverty in Cambodia - Child labour in Cambodia

2012: 22 April 2012: Dam on Mekong's tributary threatens livelihood of Cambodia's poor

Taxation in Cambodia: Taxation in Cambodia - 3 October 2013: Overview of Cambodian tax system

Military of Cambodia: Military of Cambodia

Politics of Cambodia: Politics of Cambodia - Political parties in Cambodia - Elections in Cambodia

Cambodian general election 28 July 2013: Cambodian general election 28 July 2013 - 29 July 2013: National Rescue Party alleges widespread irregularities in parliamentary poll that saw ruling party claim victory - 31 July: Cambodia's opposition party says it won general election 63-60, challenging the ruling party's earlier declaration of victory and calling for an independent commission to investigate poll irregularities - 7 September: Cambodian opposition rallies as final poll results loom

June 2017 Cambodian communal elections: 4 June 2017 Cambodian communal elections - 5 June 2017: Cambodia's opposition and the CNRP made significant gains in local elections against the ruling party - 26 June 2017: NEC results show the CPP receiving 3,540,056 votes or 50.76%, winning in 1,156 communes and wards and the CNRP came second with 489 out of the total 1,646

Social movements and protests: Protests in Cambodia - Trade Unions in Cambodia - Global Witness' campaign in Cambodia

2012: 26 April 2012: Cambodian environmental campaigner Chut Wutty who investigated illegal logging shot dead by police

2013: 2013–2014 Cambodian protests

2013/2014 Cambodian garment workers’ strikes and protests: 28 May 2013: Cambodian police clash with thousands of mostly female garment workers, 23 hurt when police using stun batons moved in to end a protest over pay at a factory that makes clothing for US sportswear company Nike - 11 June: Hundreds of workers have been fired from the factory making sportswear for US giant Nike following a series of protests over pay, unionists say denouncing the move as unacceptable and illegal - 6 septembre: Plus de 700 ouvriers du textile au Cambodge ont vu leur licenciement annulé dans une usine fournissant Gap et H&M, après la mobilisation de milliers de leurs collègues - 12 November 2013: More than 30 people were arrested after protests erupted and police, killing one woman and wounding eight people, tried to break up a strike by garment workers from a factory supplying H&M and Gap

2014: 3 January 2014: Cambodian police opened fire on protesting garment workers, demanding a minimum wage of $160 per month, and left at least three people dead - 4 janvier: La police disperse un rassemblement de l'opposition à Phnom Penh et interdit de nouveaux rassemblements, au lendemain de la répression d'une manifestation d'ouvriers du textile - 5 January: As police indefinitely bans further rallies, Cambodia's opposition leaders are summoned to court on suspicion of inciting civil unrest - 21 January: Cambodia arrests 11 persons, comprising union leaders and land-rights advocates, as activists try to deliver petitions to foreign diplomats in the Cambodian capital following a ban on protests - 21 September 2014: Fashion retailers H&M, Zara and Primark among brands offering higher wages for clothing workers amid protests over £62-a-month minimum pay and days after thousands of workers took to the streets of Phnom Penh

2016: 24 July 2016: Tens of thousands of Cambodians have marched in the funeral procession for a leading government critic who was fatally shot in an attack that raised suspicion of a political conspiracy

Society, demographics, culture and human rights in Cambodia: Cambodian society - Human rights in Cambodia - Religion in Cambodia - Freedom of religion in Cambodia

Demographics and ethnic groups in Cambodia: Demographics of Cambodia - Ethnic groups in Cambodia

Culture of Cambodia: Culture of Cambodia - Languages of Cambodia - Courtship, marriage, and divorce in Cambodia

Youth in Cambodia: Youth in Cambodia - Child labour in Cambodia

Education in Cambodia: Education in Cambodia

Health in Cambodia: Health in Cambodia

Crime in Cambodia: Crime in Cambodia

Khmer Rouge rule of Cambodia and genocide: Khmer Rouge rule of Cambodia 1975-1979 - Cambodian genocide - Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia ECCC - Website ECCC - Four Khmer Rouge leaders go on trial 27 June 2011 - 7 August 2014: Former Khmer Rouge senior figures Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan found guilty of crimes against humanity and given life imprisonment by a court in Cambodia

Corruption in Cambodia: Corruption in Cambodia

Human trafficking in Cambodia: Human trafficking in Cambodia

Illegal logging in Cambodia: Illegal logging in Cambodia

Foreign relations of Cambodia: Foreign relations of Cambodia - Southeast Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty

Cambodia/France relations: Cambodia/France relations - French 'Protectorate' of Cambodia 1863-1953 - French Indochina 1887-1954 - Indochina Wars

Cambodia/Thailand relations: Cambodian-Thai border dispute 2008-2011 - International Court of Justice 18 July 2011: Thai-Cambodian troops 'must leave Preah Vihear temple' - 12 November 2013: Cambodia, not Thailand, has sovereignty over border land around temple, UN’s highest court says

Cambodia/United Kingdom relations: Cambodia/United Kingdom relations

Cambodia/United States relations: Cambodia/United States relations - CIA activities in Cambodia since 1954 - Operation Menu - covert USA bombing campaign in eastern Cambodia and Laos 1969-1970 - Cambodian Campaign 1970 by the USA and South Vietnam during the Vietnam War - 28 May 2013: Cambodian police clash with thousands of mostly female garment workers, 23 hurt when police using stun batons moved in to end a protest over pay at a factory that makes clothing for US sportswear company Nike

Cambodia/Vietnam relations: Cambodia/Vietnam relations

1977-1991 Cambodian–Vietnamese War: 1977-1991 Cambodian–Vietnamese War and the removal of the Chinese-backed Khmer Rouge from power, ending the Cambodian genocide - Ba Chúc massacre carried out by the Khmer Rouge in April 1978 in Ba Chúc, Tri Tôn, An Giang Province in South Vietnam and one of the events that prompted the Vietnamese invasion of Kampuchea - The Paris Peace Accords 1991 marked the official end of the Cambodian–Vietnamese War

Since 2000: Mekong–Ganga Cooperation since 2000

Natural disasters in Cambodia: Natural disasters in Cambodia

Typhoons in Cambodia: Typhoons in Cambodia

2009: September 2009 Typhoon Ketsana

2011 Southeast Asian floods: 2011 Southeast Asian floods

Caucasus - Geography of the Caucasus - North Caucasus - South Caucasus - History of the Caucasus - Peoples of the Caucasus - Languages of the Caucasus

North Caucasian Federal District: North Caucasian Federal District - Demographics of North Caucasian Federal District - ethnic Russians constitute less than one-third of the total population at 2,854,040 (30.26 %) according to the 2010 Census, at least 20% of the population in North Ossetia, Kabardino-Balkaria, and Karachay-Cherkessia, a diverse assortment of mostly Muslim ethnic and tribal groups form the remainder, and the North Caucasus Federal District is Russia's only Muslim-majority district

2015: 3 August 2015: Russian security forces kill 14 people suspected of 'international terrorism' in North Caucasus

Chechnya: Chechnya - History of Chechnya - First Chechen War 1994-1996 - Second Chechen War 1999-2000, Insurgency phase 2000–2009

Politics of Chechnya: Politics of Chechnya

2012: 6 August 2012: Interior ministry troops among the dead after suspected bombers strike outside Grozny - 21 September 2012: At least 12 people killed in fighting between army and Islamist fighters in Chechnya and Kabardino-Balkaria - 21 October 2012: Raids involving both local and federal Russian troops destroyed 90 bases across several republics in North Caucasus, Russia says

2014: 4 December 2014: At least six gunmen and three policemen reportedly killed in gun battles in which a building was stormed in Grozny

2016 10 March 2016: Journalists on a tour organised by human rights activists in Chechnya have been attacked by masked men, with their minibus burned and two reporters hospitalised, according to activists - 21 March 2016: After being thrown out of his hotel in Grozny and attacked, the head of the Committee to Prevent Torture Igor Kalyapin speaks out over office raids, beatings of journalists and attack on him in street

Dagestan: Dagestan - 4 May 2012: Two blasts near a police post killed at least 15 people and wounded more than 20 in Dagestan - NZZ 20. Mai: Sieben Tote bei Anti-Terror-Einsätzen im Nordkaukasus - 19 August: Masked gunmen burst into a mosque in the troubled Russian Caucasus region of Dagestan, wounding eight - NZZ 28. August 2012: Selbstmordattentat auf Islamgelehrten und Amoklauf in Kaserne - 20 May 2013: Two car bombs killed at least three people and wounded dozens of others on Monday in Dagestan's provincial capital Makhachkala - 25 May: Female suicide bomber, a widow of two Islamic radicals killed by security forces, injures 18 people

Ingushetia: Ingushetia - 19 August 2012: Six policemen have died in Ingushetia region in a suicide bombing at the funeral of their colleague

Kabardino-Balkaria: Kabardino-Balkaria - Geography of Kabardino-Balkaria - Demographics of Kabardino-Balkaria

Politics of Kabardino-Balkaria: Politics of Kabardino-Balkaria

Krasnodar Krai: Krasnodar Krai - Geography of Krasnodar Krai, located in the southwestern part of the North Caucasus - Demographics of Krasnodar Krai

Politics of Krasnodar Krai: Politics of Krasnodar Krai

North Ossetia-Alania: North Ossetia-Alania - Geography of North Ossetia-Alania - Demographics of North Ossetia-Alania

Politics of North Ossetia-Alania: Politics of North Ossetia-Alania

South Ossetia: South Ossetia, is a partially recognised state in the South Caucasus, located in the territory of the South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast within the former Georgian SSR, its population of 53,000 lives in an area of 3,900 km2, south of the Russian Caucasus - Demographics of South Ossetia

2011 South Ossetian referendum: South Ossetian referendum 11 September 2011

South Ossetian presidential election 2011/2012: South Ossetian presidential election 13 November 2011 - NZZ 14. November 2011: Präsidentenwahl ohne Entscheidung - Stichwahl am 27. November - Alla Dzhioyeva wins the presidential election with 8955 votes to Bibilov's 6205 but the Supreme Court declared the elections invalid - South Ossetian presidential election 25 March and 8 April 2012 - 9 April 2012: Ex-KGB agent Tibilov wins in South Ossetia - Leonid Tibilov elected president with 54% of the vote

June 2014 South Ossetian parliamentary election: South Ossetian parliamentary election 8 June 2014

Foreign relations of South Ossetia: Foreign relations of South Ossetia - States that do not recognise Abkhazia or South Ossetia as independent - States formally recognising Abkhazia or South Ossetia as independent

South Ossetia/Abkhazia relations

South Ossetia/Georgia/Russia relations:South Ossetia/Georgia relations - South Ossetia/Russia relations - Georgia/Russia relations

1918-1920 Georgian–Ossetian conflict: Georgian–Ossetian conflict 1918–1920

Since 1989: Georgian–Ossetian conflict 1989-present over Georgia's former autonomous region of South Ossetia, which evolved in 1989 and developed into a 1991–1992 South Ossetia War

1991–1992 South Ossetia War: 1991–1992 South Ossetia War

2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis and August 2008 Russo-Georgian War: 2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis - August 2008 Russo-Georgian War

2009-2011: Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Conflict in Georgia (South Caucasus), Report September 2009, Volume I, Introduction - UN court rejects Georgia case against Russia April 2011

2015: 19 March 2015: Georgia accuses Russian regime of 'de facto annexation' as Putin signs pact with South Ossetia incorporating South Ossetia's economy and military into Russia's - 14 July 2015: Georgia accuses Russia of violating international law over South Ossetia, as latest in series of surprise operations sees Russian troops erect new border markings several hundred metres deeper into disputed region - 8 August 2015: Residents of South Ossetia pay tribute to victims of 2008 conflict

2016: 24 March 2016: International criminal court judges have authorised prosecutor Fatou Bensouda's office to open an investigation into alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in South Ossetia during the 2008 armed conflict between Russia and Georgia

People's Republic of China (PRC) - Geography of the PRC - History of China - Demographics of the PRC

Economy of the PRC: Economy of the PRC - main industries include mining and ore processing, iron, steel, aluminum, and other metals, coal, petroleum, machine building, armaments, electronics, transportation equipment, including automobiles, rail cars and locomotives, ships, and aircraft, telecommunications equipment, commercial space launch vehicles, satellites, textiles and apparel, cement, chemicals, fertilizers, consumer products, including footwear, toys, food processing - Economic history of China 1949–present - List of companies of China - Companies of China by industry - List of State-owned enterprises in China - List of the largest companies of China

Industry of the PRC: Industry of the PRC - Chinese industrialization - Technological and industrial history of the PRC - Manufacturing companies of China

Machinery manufacturing in China: Machinery manufacturing

Automotive industry in China: Automotive industry in China

Electronics industry in China: Electronics industry in China - Software industry in China

Textile industry in China: Textile industry in China - China's cotton textile industry is the largest in the world, producing yarn, cloth, woolen piece goods, knitting wool, silk, jute bags, and synthetic fibers

Silk industry in China

Chemical and pharmaceutical industry in China: Chemical companies of China - Pharmaceutical industry in China - Pharmaceutical companies of China

2015: 21 août 2015: Des risques pour la sécurité ont été repérés dans près de 70% des entreprises manipulant des produits chimiques dangereux, inspectées à Pékin

Military industry in the PRC: Military industry of the PRC - Weapons of the PRC

1 May 2014: European countries have approved billions in transfers of weapons and military-ready technology to China, AFP investigation shows

Chinese space program: Chinese space program - 29 June 2012: China's space capsule returns to Earth after a mission which saw the country's first manual docking procedure and its first woman in space

2013: 14 December 2013: China's first lunar rover lands on moon

2016: 16 August 2016: Chinese regime launches quantum satellite for 'hack-proof' communications, hoping to create communications system with significant military and commercial applications

Energy in the PRC: Energy in China - Fossil fuels in China - Coal in China - Petroleum in China - Natural gas in China

Renewable energy in China

Nuclear power in China: Nuclear power in China

2015: 25 May 2015: He Zuoxiu, a leading Chinese scientist, warns over 'insane' plans for new nuclear power plants saying the country is not investing enough in safety controls after lifting of post-Fukushima disaster reactor ban

Petroleum industry and China National Petroleum Corporation: Petroleum industry in China - Oil companies of China - China National Petroleum Corporation with 30 international exploration and production projects

Energy policy of the PRC and coal power: Energy policy of the PRC - Coal power in the PRC

Mine accidents in the PRC: Accidents and deaths - List of coal mining accidents in China

2008: 2008 Shanxi mudslide, caused by the collapse of an unlicensed mine landfill

2011: 4 November 2011: Mine disaster - dozens trapped in coalmine - 5 November: Several miners rescued from the Qianqiu coal mine

2012: 31 August 2012: At least 37 miners killed in Sichuan province after explosion at coal mine - 3 September: A coal mine explosion in the Gaokeng Coal Mine in Jiangxi province's Pingxiang city has killed at least 14 people just days after a blast in the country's south-west left 44 dead - 24 November: 18 Chinese miners die in coal-gas explosion in the state-owned Xiangshui coalmine in Guizhou province - 5 December: A gas blast in the Shangchang Coal Mine in Yunnan province left 17 people dead - 18 December: At least six people killed in an explosion at Niulanchu Coal Mine in Hunan Province

2013: 23 January 2013: Coal mine blast kills ten, three missing in Guizhou province's Liupanshui city - 13 March: 21 miners on Tuesday killed and four others missing after a coal and gas outburst at the Machang coal mine in Guizhou Province - 29/30 March 2013: After a landslide buried 83 people in Tibet's Lhasa Maizhokunggar county gold mine area, working for a subsidiary of the state-owned China National Gold Group Corp., search continues for trapped miners - 30 March: At least 28 people are killed in an explosion in state-owned Babao Coal Mine in the city of Baishan in Jilin province - 11 May 2013: An explosion at a coal mine in Guizhou province has killed 12 miners and injured two others - 12 May: An explosion at a coal mine in China's south-west Sichuan province has killed at least 27 people - 13 December: A blast at the Baiyanggou coal mine in the Xinjiang province killed 21 people

2014: 12 April 2014: 22 people still trapped in a coal mine in Qilin district of Qujing city - 7 June: A gas leak at a ferronickel mine has killed two people and left six others sick in Qinghai province

2015/2016: 21 November 2015: A fire at a coalmine operated by the state-owned Heilongjiang Longmay Mining Holding Group in Jixi city in north-eastern China killed more than 20 people - 24 mars 2016: Des mineurs ont perdu la vie dans un accident sur un site de la province du Shanxi appartenant au Shanxi Datong Coal Mine Group - 2 novembre 2016: Une explosion dans la mine de charbon à Jinshangou en Chongqing dans le sud-ouest a fait 33 victimes

14 mars 2017: Dix-sept mineurs chinois sont morts la semaine dernière dans la chute d'un ascenseur dans une mine de la province du Heilongjiang

Agriculture in the PRC: Agriculture in the PRC - History of agriculture in the People's Republic of China - Crops include wheat, rice, corn, sorghum, millet, potatoes, soybeans, barley, oats, buckwheat, field peas, beans, peanuts, rapeseed, sesame seed, sunflower seed, safflower seed, leaf tobacco, tea, cotton and silk - Rice production in China - Peach production in China

Rural Credit Cooperatives

2012: 22 août 2012: La différence de revenus chez les ruraux inquiète

Fishing industry in China: Fishing industry in China - Aquaculture in China

Water in China: Water in China - Water resources of China - Bodies of water of China - Rivers of China

Transport in China: Transport in China

Roads in China - Road bridges in China

4 May 2014: A stone arch bridge under illegal construction in a village in Liangkengkou village in Guangdong province collapsed, killing 11 people and injuring several others

Water transport in China: Water transport in China - List of ports and harbours in China

Rivers of China: Rivers of China - Yangtze River, the longest river in Asia flowing for 6,300 kilometers from the glaciers on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in Qinghai eastward - Yellow River, the third-longest river in Asia originating in the Bayan Har Mountains in Qinghai province

2015: 1 June 2015 Sinking of the Dong Fang Zhi Xing, struck by a cyclone while traveling on the Yangtze river carrying more than 450 people on board

Tourism in China: Tourism in China - Visitor attractions in China - World Heritage Sites in China

Foreign trade of the PRC: History of foreign trade of the PR of China - Foreign trade: largest trading partners of the PRC - 19. März 2012: Weltweiter Waffenhandel boomt - das Volumen der Rüstungsgeschäfte hat in den vergangenen fünf Jahren um 24 Prozent zugenommen - auffällig sei der Aufstieg Chinas als Waffenexporteur, vor allem Pakistan habe chinesische Rüstungsgüter wie Schiffe und Kampfflugzeuge gekauft - 18 March 2013: With a rising volume of weapons exports between 2008 and 2012 of 162% compared to the previous five year period, China has become the world's fifth-largest arms exporter with Pakistan the main recipient, according to Sipri - 10 January 2014: PR of China surpasses USA as world's largest trading nation as annual trade in goods passes the $4tn mark

25 mars 2013: Président Xi Jinping en Afrique, le premier partenaire économique depuis quatre ans

Banking in the PRC and Bank of China: Banking in China - People's Bank of China, the central bank of the PRC with the power to control monetary policy and regulate financial institutions in mainland China - Foreign exchange reserves of the People's Republic of China

2015: 13 August 2015: China devalues yuan further by 1.1% after previous official cuts that put global financial markets on edge

Financial system and services in China:Chinese financial system - Financial services companies of China - Stock exchanges in China

Economic history and economic cycles in the PRC: Economic history of China since 1949 - Historical GDP of China - History of trade of the PRC

Chinese economic policy - Central Economic Work Conference - State Administration of Foreign Exchange of the PRC tasked with drafting rules and regulations governing foreign exchange market activities, and managing the state foreign exchange reserves - Foreign exchange reserves of the PRC - Cina's rank 1 in the list of countries by foreign-exchange reserves

2005-2011 Chinese property bubble: Chinese property bubble 2005–2011

2011-2014: 'Twelfth Guideline' 2011–2015 of five-year plans of China - 30. September 2011: Auch Chinas Industrie schrumpft geringfügig - 15 July 2013: China's economic growth slows more as trade slumps - 8 December 2014: Surprise fall in China imports as exports also slow as weak demand surfaces at home and abroad

2015: 1 January 2015: Activity in factories and workshops is close to contraction, official index shows, as sector struggles with falling demand and struggling property market - 9 July 2015: In bid to halt a plunge in stock prices that is starting to roil global financial markets, China bans major shareholders from selling their stakes for next six months - 24 August: Chinese stock market suffers biggest fall since 2007, sparking pressure on global markets - 25 August: China's stock market slumps by 7.6%, stock markets in the region again hit by wild fluctuations - 26 August: China's central bank PBOC has cut the one-year lending rate to 4.6%, the one-year deposit rate to 1.75% also lowering the Reserve Requirement Ratio, but cuts fail to calm nerves with Asian markets in volatile mood

2016: 7 January 2016: Asian markets slide to three-month low and currencies falter after China cuts market trading and devalues the yuan - 8 January: People’s Bank of China’s decision to boost the yuan - 11 January: Asia shares fall sharply as doubts mount over Beijing regime's competence in handling economic downturn - 11 February 2016: Hong Kong stocks plunge 4% over global economy concerns sparking a sell-off in financials and energy shares

2017: 30 April 2017: Chinese economy cools as key sectors continue to slow

Labor relations in the PRC: Labor relations in the PRC - Labor in the PRC - China Labor Watch - 'Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security' of the PRC responsible for national labor polices, standards, regulations and managing the national social security - Labour law of the PRC - Labour Contract Law of the PRC - Minimum wage in the PRC - the task of setting minimum wages is delegated to the local governments - Minimum Wage Ordinance in Hong Kong

2016: 27 September 2016: China labor activists sentenced for helping workers in wage dispute - 4 December 2016: The grim truth of Chinese factories producing the west’s Christmas toys, as undercover investigation by China Labor Watch exposes low wages, hazardous chemicals and overtime beyond legal limits

Disasters and industrial disasters, explosions in the PRC: - Disasters in the PRC - Explosions in China - List of coal mining accidents in the PRC, accidents and deaths

1975/2005: August 1975 Banqiao Reservoir Dam's failures killed an estimated 171,000 people, 11 million people lost their homes - 1 October 2005: After 30 years, secrets and lessons of China's worst dams burst accident, the 1975 Banqiao Reservoir Dam's failures, surface

2000: 2000 Pingxiang steel plant explosion

2007: 18 April 2007 Qinghe Special Steel Corporation disaster - 19 April 2007: More than 25 tonnes of molten steel engulfed a room where workers were changing shift, killing at least 32

2008: 26 August 2008 Guangxi chemical plant explosions

2010: 16–26 July 2010 Xingang Port oil spill is a spill that occurred in July 2010 caused by a rupture and subsequent explosion of two crude oil pipelines - 28 July 2010 Nanjing chemical plant explosion

2012: 10 October 2012: 12 Chinese construction workers killed, 24 hurt in dormitory blaze - 10 October: Five killed in expressway tunnel collapse in south Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region - 4 December 2012: Fire in clothing factory in Shantou city in Guangdong province kills 14 people

2013: 20 May 2013: A massive blast ripped through an explosives factory on Monday in Shandong province's Caofan township, killing at least 12 people and leaving others buried in the debris - 3/4 June 2013: Fire at Chinese poultry plant kills more than 100, poultry plant representative detained - 23 November 2013: Oil refiner Sinopec's pipeline explosion kills 47 people

2014: 7 March 2014: An explosion on Friday at Kailuan Group chemical plant in the city of Tangshan killed one person and left 12 others missing - 13 March 2014: 31 people were killed and nine were missing after two lorries carrying dangerous chemicals collided in a tunnel in Shanxi province, triggering a huge explosion - 11 May 2014: A factory wall collapsed in heavy rain in Qingdao, Shandong province, killing 18 people working inside - 2 August 2014 Kunshan explosion - 2 August 2014: Blast at facility near Shanghai producing car parts for USA firms happened as workers changed shifts and left 69 dead

August 2015 Tianjin explosion: 12 August 2015 Tianjin explosion - 13 August 2015: At least 44 people killed, including 12 firefighters, and some 520 people injured as two huge blasts rock the Chinese port city of Tianjin, a major base for petrochemicals, refining and other industries - 14 August: After the devastating Tianjin explosions on Wednesday, thousands seek refuge as death toll reaches 55 and as fires continue to burn on Friday morning - 14 August: Questions even in Chinese media rise about why people were allowed to live so close to dangerous industrial zones, as regime orders nationwide checks on dangerous chemicals - 15 August: Highly poisonous sodium cyanide is found at port of Tianjin, as official death toll climbs to 85, according to local media - 16 August: Hundreds of tons of highly poisonous cyanide stored at the warehouse devastated by two giant explosions in Tianjin which killed 112, Chinese military admits in first official comment, as nearly 100 people remain missing, including 85 firefighters - 17 August: Fears over cyanide pollution in Tianjin as Chinese media lambasts officials and as protests broke out over the weekend with displaced families and relatives of missing firefighters taking to the streets to demand answers - 18 August: Company at centre of last week’s Tianjin explosions worked with hazardous materials despite lacking a licence until weeks before blasts, state-run news agency says - 21 August: Chinese authorities investigate mass fish death near Tianjin explosion site - 27 August 2015: Chinese authorities detain 12 over Tianjin blasts that killed 139 people and accuse 11 officials and port executives of suspected dereliction of duty or abuse of power

August 2015 Shandong chemical plant explosion: 23 August 2015: An explosion at a chemical plant near the city of Zibo in the eastern Chinese province of Shangdong has killed one person and injured nine, with 150 firefighters battling the resulting blaze

7 September 2015: An explosion shook a chemical plant in Lishui city in the province of Zhejiang

December 2015 Shenzhen disaster: 20 December 2015 Shenzhen landslide destroying 33 buildings - 21 December 2015: The number of people missing in southern China's Shenzhen doubled to 91, after a huge mound of construction waste collapsed and buried 33 buildings in China’s latest industrial disaster

January 2016: 1 January 2016: 11 people arrested in China over 'man-made' Shenzhen landslide disaster

April 2016: 22 avril 2016: Une explosion s'est produite vendredi dans un entrepôt de produits chimiques dans la ville de Jingjiang

November 2016: 24 November 2016: At least 40 workers were killed and an unknown number of workers remain trapped after a platform in an unfinished power plant cooling tower collapsed in the eastern province of Jiangxi

Slavery in China: Slavery in China

2007: 2007 Chinese slave scandal was a series of forced labour cases in Shanxi

2013: 17/18 October 2013: 2.9 million trapped in modern-day slavery in China, 30 million worldwide, Global Slavery Index reveals

Rural society, urbanization and social issues in the PR of China: Rural society in the PRC - Urbanization in the PRC - Social issues in the PRC - 11 September 2013: China billionaires pass 300 as richest get richer

Poverty in the PR of China: Poverty in the PRC - 18 January 2013: China's National Bureau of Statistics breaks long silence on inequality statistic - 8 February 2013: In wealthy Hong Kong, the poorest live in metal cages

Housing in China: Housing in China

2009: 29 June 2009: Chinese authorities are holding nine people in connection with the collapse of a 13-storey block of flats, raising fresh questions about corruption and shoddy practices in China's construction industry

2014/2015: 4 April 2014: A woman killed while six others rescued when a residential building collapsed in Zhejiang province's Fenghua city after the building was identified as dangerous last year - 31 October 2015: A two-storey building has collapsed while workers were trying to prop up the second floor during renovations in Beiwudu in Henan province, killing at least 17 construction workers and injuring 23

2016: 11 October 2016: Row of houses collapses in eastern China, killing at least 22 citizens, as a three-year-old girl protected by the embrace of her dead father was the alleged last survivor pulled out of the rubble of collapsed multi-storey buildings

The rich and luxuries in the PR of China: Chinese billionaires - List of Chinese billionaires by net worth - 9 October 2012: China is set to become the world's second biggest market for luxury goods after the United States in five years, overtaking France, Britain, Italy and Japan - 28 February 2013: Asia has more billionaires than any other continent, followed by North America and Europe - 11 September 2013: China billionaires pass 300 as richest get richer

Chinese offshore accounts: 21. Januar 2014: Rechercheergebnisse des ICIJ zu mehr als 21.000 Offshore-Firmen von Kunden aus China - 26. Januar 2014: Offshore-Leaks, reiche Chinesen und ihre Tricks

2016: 6 April 2016: Some members of China’s Communist party elite whose family members used offshore companies are revealed in the so-called 'Panama Papers'

Military of the PR of China: Military of the PR of China - 'People's Liberation Army' - Military equipment of the PRC - Army Ground Force military equipment

2011/2012: 24 August 2011: China's missile advances aimed at thwarting USA defenses, analysts say - 25 November 2012: China lands J-15 jet on Liaoning aircraft carrier

2013/2014: 28 January 2013: Military carries out anti-missile test - 25 March 2013: China to buy two dozen fighter jets and four submarines from Russia - 22 November 2013: China tests first stealth combat drone - 19 January 2014: China is building its second aircraft carrier and the country aims to have at least four such ships

2017: 26 April 2017: China launches its first home-built aircraft carrier

Military personnel of the PR of China: Military personnel of the PR of China - List of officers of the People's Liberation Army

4 June 2014: Regime's troops laughed as they shot randomly at pro-democracy protesters in Tiananmen Square 1989, documents show

List of Chinese military accidents since 1980s: List of Chinese military accidents since 1980s

PR of China and weapons of mass destruction: People's Republic of China and weapons of mass destruction - Nuclear weapons - Nuclear missiles of the People's Republic of China

Military budget of the PRC: Military budget of the PRC - 4. März 2012: China plant für 2012 die Aufstockung seines Militäretats um 11,2 Prozent auf 672 Milliarden Yuan - 17. April 2012: China und Rußland erhöhen ihre Militärausgaben auch 2011 kräftig - 5 March 2013: China hiked its military budget by a whopping 10.7% to $115.7 billion

2014/2015: 5 March 2014: China to increase the military budget by 12.2% this year to $131.57 billion, seeking to develop more high-tech weapons and to beef up coastal and air defenses - 4 March 2015: China's military budget this year will rise about 10 percent compared with 2014 as the country ramps up investment in high-tech equipment such as submarines and stealth jets

2016: 4 March 2016: China to increase military spending by 7-8% in 2016 to around $150bn a year

Financial system, taxation and budget in China: Chinese financial system - Taxation in China - State Administration of Taxation - 19 March 2013: Report on China's central, local budgets 2012/2013 - 3 May 2013: China's 2013 draft budget report

27 June 2011: Chinese local governments massive debts revealed - 31 December 2013: China's local governments debt stirs alarm

Politics of the PRC: Politics of the PRC - Communist Party of China (CPC)

18th national congress of the CPC - 8 November 2012: Knowing the challenges China's communist party will get some new leaders but answers again that one single almighty party will maintain firm political control - 14 November: CPC party congress behind closed doors closes - 15 November: After being appointed head of the party Xi Jinping repeats that 'the party faces many severe challenges'

12th National People's Congress elections from October 2012 to February 2013

10 November 2013: Communist Party begins talks on economic reform

Government of the PRC: Government of the PRC

2012-2013: 1 October 2012: China marks National Day amid tensions - 26 October 2012: Billions in hidden riches for family of Chinese prime minister Wen Jiabao - 26 October: China blocks New York Times website over Wen Jiabao report - 5 November: Communist Party has launched an inquiry into the alleged wealth of Premier Wen Jiabao's family at his own request

15 March 2013: Li Keqiang named as China's prime minister

2014: 12 May 2014: Government launches armed police patrols on Monday to handle violent incidents in Beijing, three weeks ahead of the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown - 5 December 2014: Xi Jinping urges faster development of China’s advanced weaponry calling for escalation of army modernisation plans amid regional tensions in East Sea and South China Sea

2015: 3 September 2015: Marking the end of World War II China shows military might even as Xi Jinping pledges 300,000 cut in army

2016: 7 Nobember 2016: Chinese Beijing regime makes landmark ruling on future of former British colony and Special Administrative Region Hong Kong, barring two pro-democracy parliamentarians from office

Hong Kong: Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

Since 1997: Hong Kong–Mainland conflict, tensions between people from Hong Kong and mainland China, which have developed since the handover of Hong Kong's sovereignty to China in 1997, and in particular since the late 2000s and early 2010s

Economy of Hong Kong: Economy of Hong Kong - List of companies of Hong Kong - Companies of Hong Kong by industry

Manufacturing companies of Hong Kong: Manufacturing companies of Hong Kong

Energy in Hong Kong: Energy in Hong Kong

Agriculture and aquaculture in Hong Kong: Agriculture and aquaculture in Hong Kong

Tourism in Hong Kong: Tourism in Hong Kong - Visitor attractions in Hong Kong

Banking and financial services in Hong Kong: List of banks in Hong Kong

Financial services companies of Hong Kong - Insurance companies of Hong Kong - Stock exchanges in Hong Kong

Labour and employment in Hong Kong: Labour in Hong Kong - Employment in Hong Kong - Minimum Wage Ordinance since 2011

Taxation in Hong Kong: Taxation in Hong Kong

Politics of Hong Kong: Politics of Hong Kong - Hong Kong Basic Law - Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal

Political parties, trade unions and organisations in Hong Kong: Political parties in Hong Kong - Political organisations in Hong Kong - Trade unions in Hong Kong

Elections and politics in Hong Kong: Elections in Hong Kong

Democratic development in Hong Kong since 1997: Democratic development in Hong Kong since 1997

September 2012 Hong Kong legislative election: Hong Kong legislative election 9 September 2012 - 10 September 2012: Albert Ho (Democratic Party) will step down after his party won only four of 35 seats but pro-democratic candidates win 27 seats out of the 70 in the Legislative Council

2014 Hong Kong electoral reform: 2014 Hong Kong electoral reform is an ongoing public debate on the supposed electoral reform on the 2017 Hong Kong Chief Executive election and 2016 Legislative Council election

June 2014: 21 June 2014: More than 400,000 votes were cast online Friday in the first day of an unofficial city-wide referendum on democratic reforms in Hong Kong

2015: 18 June 2015: Pro-democracy lawmakers in Hong Kong defeated attempts to bring 'fake democracy' to Hong Kong by voting down with 28 legislators a controversial Beijing-backed plan that sparked mass demonstrations in 2015 - 22 novembre 2015: Les citoyens vont choisir 431 membres des comités de district un an après la 'révolution des parapluies' à Hong Kong - 23 November: Umbrella' candidates win at least 8 seats in Hong Kong district polls

September 2016 Hong Kong legislative election: 4 September 2016 Hong Kong legislative election - 4 septembre 2016: Les indépendantistes hongkongais défient Pékin dans les urnes - 5 September 2016: At least four activists who support greater political autonomy or outright independence from Chinese regime claimed seats in Hong Kong’s 70-member Legislative Council, after a record 2.2 million people went to the polls on Sunday - 15 November 2016: Hong Kong court bans two separatist politicians from taking office, after Beijing regime said it would not allow the pair to be sworn into office and as fears grow of the city’s liberties coming under threat

March 2017: 26 March 2016: Pro-Beijing election committee elects its favoured candidate Carrie Lam, as protesters, pro-democracy legislators and activists criticize and dismiss the result as a 'nightmare’

Social movements, democratic development and protests in Hong Kong: Social movements and protests in Hong Kong

Since 1990: Memorials for the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989

2005: December 2005 protest for democracy in Hong Kong calling on the government to allow universal and equal suffrage

2011-2012: Occupy Central occupation protest, which took place October 2011 - September 2012

2012: Early 2012 Hong Kong protests

2013: 2013 Hong Kong dock strike for better pay and working conditions

September-December 2014 Hong Kong protests: September 2014 Hong Kong protests - 2014 Hong Kong Class Boycott Campaign - Hong Kong Federation of Students

Since 27/28 September 2014: 28 September: Tens of thousands pro-democracy protesters join mass civil disobedience over voting rights as authorities promise crackdown up sit-in - 28 September: Hong Kong police fired teargas grenades and launched baton charges as tens of thousands of protesters brought a central area of the city to a standstill late on Sunday - 29 September: Hong Kong citizens step up democracy protests as riot police withdrawn - 29 September: More pro-democracy protesters join protests - 30 September: Hong Kong protesters stand ground ahead of Chinese national day - 30 September: Hong Kong protests grow ahead of public holiday - 1 October: Hong Kong pro-democracy protests spread as thousands defy call to leave streets on China’s national holiday - 1 October: More families among the tens of thousands demanding free and democratic elections in Hong Kong on the National Day public holiday - 2 October: China's regime warns of 'unimaginable consequences' if Hong Kong pro-democracy demonstrations continue - 2 October: Hong Kong's Leung offers talks with students to discuss reforms but refuses to step down over protests - 3 October: Violent scuffles broke out in a Hong Kong shopping district as supporters of Chinese regime's rule stormed tents and ripped down banners belonging to pro-democracy protesters after Leung’s talks offer - 3 October: After protesters beaten and bloodied pro-democracy leaders call off talks with government and accuse police of sending triads against rally - 4 October: 19 men, including eight suspected triad members, arrested after mob attacks on protesters - 5 October: Pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong must be cleared by Monday morning, its chief executive Leung has announced, but tens of thousands of citizens flood into the city in the biggest gathering for days to oppose attacks on protesters - 6 October: Hundreds of pro-democracy demonstrators defy a government deadline to clear the streets by 6am but staff are allowed through to their offices - 6 October: Hong Kong government due to hold first talks with pro-democracy groups later this week - 9 October: Hours after Hong Kong government canceled meetings with student leaders scheduled for Friday, protesters, whose numbers had previously been dwindling, returned in larger numbers - 10/11 octobre: Au lendemain de l'annulation par les autorités des négociations prévues avec les étudiants, des milliers de manifestants se sont de nouveau rassemblés à Hong Kong pour réclamer plus de démocratie et le départ du chef de l'exécutif - 12 October: Hong Kong’s tycoons face new scrutiny as protests underline yawning inequality, dating back to colonial times - 13 October: Clashes in Hong Kong as masked men move in on the main pro-democracy protest site in Central district removing barricades and attacking protesters - 14 October: Hong Kong police in fresh assault on protest barricades - 15 October: Hong Kong police clear tunnel by force in crackdown on protesters, beating prominent activist and detaining dozens more demostrators who want Beijing regime to allow democratic election - 16 October: As police use pepper spray to break up pro-democracy activists after video of beating reignites protests, Hong Kong’s Leung says he hopes the government can hold talks as early as next week, after cancelled talks with pro-democracy protesters earlier this month - 17 October: Hong Kong police dismantle protest sites in dawn raids - 18 October: Using batons and pepper spray police make 26 arrests during clashes in Mongkok district but are forced into partial retreat by protesters - 19 October: Twenty demonstrators injured as Hong Kong police uses batons and pepper spray in a second night against defending pro-democracy protesters - 20 October: Pro-democracy protesters strongly deny Hong Kong's Leung's claim that 'external forces' are involved on their side - 21 October: Tuesday night's talks of officials and students will be broadcast live in Hong Kong - 21 October: Thousands of Hong Kong protesters listened from the streets as students debated their call for full democracy with Beijing-backed officials - 22 October: Democracy would lead to the 'poor' dominating politics, Hong Kong's Beijing-backed governor Leung says in an interview - 24 October: Pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong will hold an electronic poll on government proposals they had rejected earlier in the week - 26/27 October: Occupy Central organisers may yet hold a poll on the future direction of the movement as online activists collect views of demonstrators - 28 October: Thousands gathered on Harcourt Road in the area now dubbed Umbrella Square to commemorate the firing of tear gas at protesters by police one month ago - 29 October: No foreign forces behind Hong Kong's pro-democracy protests, senior lawmaker Jasper Tsang says - 30 October: The role of social media in Occupy protests reviewed - 26 November: Police fire pepper spray as dozens of protesters arrested after Mong Kok clearance, including student leaders - 28 November: Pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong accuses police of beating him and causing injuries during his arrest on Wednesday - 30 November/1 December: Hong Kong police use batons and pepper spray against pro-democracy activists as night of confrontation continues into Monday with scores of injuries and arrests - 2 December: Hong Kong's Joshua Wong urges the government to resume dialogue with students - 4 December: Hong Kong Federation of Students will decide in the next week whether to call on protesters to pull up stakes - 11 December: Hong Kong police clears the main pro-democracy protest site in the Admiralty district, but movement promises to keep up pressure for truly democratic elections - 14 December: Hong Kong activists fear they are being monitored by Beijing regime - 25 December: Hong Kong police announces arrest of 12 pro-democracy demonstrators for committing 'unlawful assembly' in Mong Kok neighborhood - 26 December: More people arrested as pro-democracy protesters returned to the streets demanding genuine elections for the city’s chief executive

2015 Hong Kong protests: 1 February 2015: Thousands of pro-democracy protesters took to the streets of Hong Kong in first rallies for 'true universal suffrage' since the movement’s tents were cleared in December - 19 February: Hong Kong’s Beijing-backed Leung Chun-ying calls on residents to be more like 'mild and gentle' sheep in his lunar new year message - 14/15 June 2015: Pro-democracy protesters again took to the streets of Hong Kong to demand a say in the way the city’s leader is elected ahead of a crucial reform bill - 18 June: Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters welcome veto of Beijing regime's election reform plan

2016: 3 January 2016: Hong Kong politicians and demonstrators call for Beijing regime to explain 'abductions' following the mysterious disappearance of a group of booksellers - 10 January 2016: Thousands of Hong Kong protesters gather to demand release of booksellers vanished since October and probably abducted by regime forces because of books critical of Beijing regime - 9 February: Hong Kong police fire live rounds during clashes with protesters supporting street food sellers facing eviction - 10 February 2016: A crisis of confidence has hit foreign and local-owned companies in Hong Kong following the abduction of five booksellers by Chinese agents - 6 April: Hong Kong student leader says that the city's HSBC branches refuse to open an account for his new party, accusing them of 'political censorship' - 21 April 2016: Editor Keung Kwok-yuen of Hong Kong newspaper Ming Pao, that published a report on the 'Panama Papers' document leak, has been dismissed, sparking outcry from journalists’ unions and exposing new concerns about press freedoms in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory - 19 juin 2016: Le libraire de Hong Kong Lam Wing-kem arrêtés et retenus en Chine pendant plusieurs mois, a pris la tête d'une manifestation dans sa ville - 19 juin 2016: Le libraire enlevé Lam Wing-kem confie la terreur ressentie pendant ses 8 mois de détention et d'interrogatoires en Chine - 1 July 2016: Thousands of Hong Kong protesters demand resignation of CY Leung who critics accuse of failing to confront China over bookseller scandal - 5 août 2016: Milliers de manifestants pour l'indépendance protestent devant le siège du gouvernement de Hong Kong, parmi les manifestants des candidats interdits aux législatives de septembre car ils prônent une rupture avec la Chine - 6 November 2016: A pro-democracy march that drew thousands of people in Hong Kong has ended in clashes with police after Beijing regime announced it was reviewing a case that could see two pro-democracy lawmakers banned from taking their seats in Hong Kong’s parliament - 7 Nobember 2016: Hong Kong is facing a severe political crisis after Chinese Beijing regime barred two pro-democracy parliamentarians from the Special Administrative Region’s legislature - 15 November 2016: Hong Kong court bans two separatist politicians from taking office, after Beijing regime said it would not allow the pair to be sworn into office and as fears grow of the city’s liberties coming under threat

2017: 26 April 2017: Pro-independence activists Sixtus Leung and Yau Wai-ching, who were disqualified over swearing-in ceremony incident, charged with unlawful assembly, amid a widening crackdown on dissenting voices in Hong Kong - 27 April 2017: Hong Kong police have arrested at least nine democracy activists in connection with anti-government protest last year, the latest in a series of politically motivated prosecutions that critics say are designed to eliminate opposition - 4 June 2017: June 4 vigil to mark the 28th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown in Beijing brings back fears as Hong Kong marks 20 years of Chinese rule - 24 June 2017: Hong Kong police have launched a crackdown on political banners and images ahead of a visit to the city by Xi Jinping to avoid 'embarrassing' Beijing's Chinese president - 1 July 2017: Tens of thousands of pro-democracy protesters march across Hong Kong to mark the 20th anniversary of city’s handover to Chinese rule following Xi Jinping’s visit and labelling of any challenge to it as 'a red line’ - 16 July 2017: Thousands of mourners marched through the heart of Hong Kong in a candlelight vigil for Chinese Nobel peace prize laureate Liu Xiaobo, sending a powerful message to the regime in Beijing as it tries to erase his legacy

Society, demographics, culture and human rights in Hong Kong: Hong Kong society

Demographics and ethnic groups in Hong Kong: Demographics of Hong Kong - Hong Kong people - Ethnic groups in Hong Kong - A majority of the Filipinos in Hong Kong, numbering 140,000 in 2004, work as domestic helpers - Indonesians in Hong Kong, numbering 102,100 in 2006, form the second-largest ethnic minority group in Hong Kong - Immigration to Hong Kong

Human rights in Hong Kong: Human rights in Hong Kong - 8 February 2013: In wealthy Hong Kong, the poorest live in metal cages

Foreign domestic helpers in Hong Kong: Foreign domestic helpers in Hong Kong - 25 mars 2013: Pas de droit de résidence pour les domestiques philippines et indonésiennes - 27 February 2015: Hong Kong woman jailed for six years for torturing Indonesian maid

Culture and languages in Hong Kong: Culture of Hong Kong - Languages of Hong Kong

Education in Hong Kong: Education in Hong Kong - Lists of schools in Hong Kong - List of international schools in Hong Kong - Higher education in Hong Kong - List of higher education institutions in Hong Kong

Health in Hong Kong: Health in Hong Kong

Media of Hong Kong: Media of Hong Kong - 26 October 2014: Journalists condemn attacks on journalists during a anti-Occupy Central rally last night, when an RTHK reporter was dragged to the ground and a TVB reporter and two TVB cameramen were injured

Newspapers in Hong Kong: Newspapers in Hong Kong

2015: 20 May 2015: Hong Kong to get new crowdfunded independent newspaper, launched by a group of independent journalists to combat lack of press freedom

Internet in Hong Kong: Internet in Hong Kong

Crime in Hong Kong: Crime in Hong Kong

Corruption in Hong Kong: 4 September 2014: Billionaire brothers Kwok who control Asia's biggest property development company have gone on trial in Hong Kong's biggest ever corruption case - 9 October 2014: A report reveals how Hong Kong leader Leung received undisclosed payments worth $6.5 million from Australian engineering firm UGL in the two years since he took office - 20 October: Pro-democracy protesters, injured by batons, pepper spray and tear gas at Beijing-regime's command since September, strongly deny Hong Kong's Leung's claim that 'external forces' are involved in the action on the pro-democracy side - 23 December 2014: Hong Kong’s former deputy leader Rafael Hui and property tycoon Thomas Kwok jailed after being convicted of corruption

Organised crime in Hong Kong: Organised crime in Hong Kong

Excessive use of force by Hong Kong Police Force: Excessive use of force by Hong Kong Police Force

2017: 17 février 2017: Sept policiers condamnés de deux ans de prison pour avoir frappé un militant en 2014

2012 Lamma Island ferry collision: 2012 Lamma Island ferry collision - 2 October 2012: A collision between two passenger boats off Hong Kong has left at least 36 people dead

Macau: Special administrative region Macau - 2 July 2014: With swelling numbers of tourists and gamblers from mainland China, the gambling capital Macau has become world's fourth-richest territory

Society, demographics, culture and human rights in the PRC: Chinese society - Demographics of China

Human rights in China: Human rights in the PRC - Category: Human rights in the PRC - Political repression in the PRC - Censorship in the PRC

2015/2016: 2015/2016 'Human Rights Watch' China report examining the situation of human rights defenders, detentions, enforced disappearance, politicized prosecutions, and torture, freedom of expression, women’s rights, freedom of religion, disability rights, sexual orientation and gender identity, Tibet, Xinjiang, Hong Kong, key international actors, foreign policy - United Nations OHCHR monitoring China's compliance with obligations of human rights treaties

2016: 11 October 2016: Uighur intellectual Ilham Tohti, who was jailed for life after opposing China’s draconian policies in its violence-stricken west, has been named the winner of the annual Martin Ennals Award for human rights defenders

Provinces and cities in China: Provinces of China - List of cities in China - Histories of cities in China

Urban and rural society in China: Rural society in China - Urban society in China - Urbanization in China - Urban planning in China - Social issues in China - Poverty in the PRC

Shanghai: Shanghai is the largest Chinese city by population and one of the four direct-controlled municipalities - History of Shanghai - Urban planning in Shanghai

Politics of Shanghai - Economy of Shanghai - Culture in Shanghai - Education in Shanghai

2014/2015: 31 December 2014 Shanghai stampede - 1 January 2015: At least 35 people killed in stampede during New Year celebrations in Shanghai

Guangdong: Guangdong

2015: 6 February 2015: Fire broke out at a mall in Guangdong killing 17 people, local government says

Migration in China: Migration in China

2016: 29 January 2016: World's largest human migration gets into full swing, as hundreds of millions of Chinese are beginning their journey home for family reunions during the Lunar New Year

Forced evictions in China: Forced evictions in China - 11 October 2012: Forced evictions in China have risen significantly in recent years as local officials sell off land to property developers, rights group says - 16 October 2014: Villagers in a bitter standoff with a property developer in rural Yunnan province land dispute burned four construction workers to death in a clash that left eight people dead - 16 September 2015: Chinese villager and farmer Zhang Yimin has reportedly burned to death after men hired by the government attacked his rural home in an attempt to evict him

Housing in China: Housing in China

Foreign groups of migration in China: Foreign groups of migration in China

Chinese culture: Chinese culture - Culture of the People's Republic of China - Chinese culture by province - Chinese people - Chinese literature

22 June 2013: Toddler falling out of window in China rescued by courageous men - 29 June 2013: Chinese Internet users celebrated the return of two rare bronze animal heads looted by European powers more than a century ago - 23 May 2014: Street vendor catches baby falling from apartment window

Languages of China: Languages of China - 5 September 2013: More than 400 million Chinese are unable to speak the national language Mandarin, and large numbers in the rest of the country speak it badly, state media says

Education in China: Education in China - History of education in China - Education in China by city or town

Schools in China: Schools in China - Private and public schools in China - Schools in China by province - Schools in China by city

2016: 19 April 2016: Environmental activists in China are calling for new laws and an independent investigation into how hundreds of Chinese students fell ill – in some cases severely – after attending Changzhou Foreign Languages School built on a toxic waste dump containing chlorobenzene, according to tests on the soil and air - 22 April 2016: After children at the Hai’an Chengnan Experimental Primary School came down with mysterious nosebleeds and skin complaints that their parents blamed on pollution, authorities have ordered the closure of a chemical industrial complex over suspected toxic emissions

Higher education in China: Higher education in China - Higher education in Hong Kong - List of higher education institutions in Hong Kong

Universities and colleges in China: Universities and colleges in China - Universities and colleges in China by province - Lists of universities and colleges in China

Universities and colleges in China by type: Universities and colleges in China by type

International schools in China: International schools in China - List of international schools in China

History of science and technology in China: History of science and technology in China - History of science and technology in China - Science and technology in China - Research institutes in China

Archaeology of China - 5 December 2013: Chinese archaeologists excavated a 4,500-year-old city Neolithic Chinese city in eastern Anhui Province

Children's rights in the PRC: Children's rights in the PRC - One-child policy - Heihaizi - children born outside the One child policy

2011: 12. Juni 2011: Bleivergiftung auch von über 100 Kindern in chinesischen Kleinfabriken - zum Welttag gegen Kinderarbeit

2014: 3 February 2014: China's unwanted and abandoned babies once mostly girls, now of both genders mostly sick

Women in the PRC: Women in China - Women's rights in China - One-child policy

2013: 16 November 2013: China will relax its strict family planning policy to allow some couples to have two children - 9 December: China farmer kills self after officials seized his entire source of income until next year's harvest for violating the one-child policy

2015: 5 June 2015: Women’s rights organisation Weizhiming linked to five activists whose detention prompted worldwide concern forced to shut down permanently because of mounting pressure from authorities

2016: 5 February 2016: The abrupt closure of a flagship legal service for women in Beijing set up by the renowned lawyer Guo Jianmei sends shockwaves among women’s activists

Globalization and women in China: Globalization and women in China

Health in China: Health in China - Health in China by province - Chronic disease in China

Healthcare in China: Healthcare in China - Hospitals in China - List of hospitals in China - Healthcare reform in China - Medical and health organizations based in China

Medecine and schools of medicine in China: Medicine in China - Schools of medicine in China

Health disasters in the PRC: Health disasters in China - 2002–2004 outbreak of SARS - 'Influenza A virus subtype H7N9' (bird flu virus) infections 2013 - 18 May 2013: Death toll from new bird flu in China rises to 36,the WHO says

Pollution in the PRC: Pollution in the PRC - China Pollution Map Database - Industrial pollution - 2009 Chinese lead poisoning scandal - 31 August 2013: A liquid ammonia leak from a refrigeration unit in Shanghai killed at least 11 people

Food safety in the PRC: Food safety in the PRC - Food safety incidents in the PRC - Protein adulteration in China - 2008 Chinese milk scandal - 4 août 2011: Pékin annonce l'arrestation de 2000 personnes et 5000 fermetures commerciales après plusieurs scandales alimentaires

Organ transplantation in the PRC: Organ transplantation in the People's Republic of China

Media in the PRC: Media of China - Television in the People's Republic of China - Radio in the People's Republic of China - Newspapers in China

Government control and crackdown on media in the PRC: Government control of the media in the PRC - 8 May 2012: China expels Al Jazeera journalist Melissa Chan marking the first such expulsion of an accredited foreign correspondent in over a decade - 8 mai: La chaîne Al-Jazira ferme le bureau chinois de sa chaîne anglophone - 23 October 2013: New Express in Hunan province calls for journalist's release, saying Chen Yongzhou was targeted over corruption stories

2014: 26 February 2014: Ex-chief editor of the Ming Pao daily Kevin Lau Chun-to in critical condition after being attacked in street days after thousands march for press freedom - 13 March: China arrests citizen journalists for reporting Tiananmen protests including an apparent self-immolation - 11 April 2014: After showing signs of opening up, China's official media suffered a setback, with TV anchor Cui Jianbin being forced off air during a live show after he criticised officials for corruption and a newspaper suspended from publication due to an alleged bribery scandal - 23 April: China cancels over 14,400 press cards for journalists - 29 April: Chinese journalist Gao Yu missing prior to 25th anniversary of Tiananmen Square protests - 8 May: China detained journalist and political activist Gao Yu on charges of providing state secrets to foreign contacts - 7 August 2014: Government intensifies crackdown on social media with curbs on instant messaging

2015: 25 décembre 2015: La Chine expulse la correspondante française de l'Obs Ursula Gauthier qui est l'objet d'une violente campagne d'attaques dans les médias étatiques suite à un article décrivant la politique répressive menée par le régime au Xinjiang

2016: 7 January 2016: A Hong Kong leading international bookshop chain has removed politically sensitive books from its shelves in the wake of the mysterious disappearance of five of the city’s booksellers, stoking fears over mounting self-censorship - 10 February 2016: A crisis of confidence has hit foreign and local-owned companies in Hong Kong following the abduction of five booksellers by Chinese agents - 15 February: Journalist Yang Jisheng, a retired correspondent from Beijing’s official news service Xinhua, who fought to expose the deaths of tens of millions of his fellow citizens in China’s 1958-61 famine has been banned from leaving the country to accept a prize for his work - 28 February: Chinese authorities have shut down the social media accounts of Ren Zhiqiang after he criticised the ruling Communist party’s tightening grip on the media - 21 April 2016: Editor Keung Kwok-yuen of Hong Kong newspaper Ming Pao, that published a report on the 'Panama Papers' document leak, has been dismissed, sparking outcry from journalists’ unions and exposing new concerns about press freedoms in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory

Censorship in China: Censorship in China

2013/2014: 4 January 2013: Journalists at major Chinese newspaper 'Southern Weekly' have called for a propaganda chief to resign, in a rare protest against censorship - 7 January 2013: Journalists at major Chinese newspaper 'Southern Weekly' have gone on strike in a rare protest against censorship in the Guangdong province - 8 January: China newspaper dispute sparks petition and more protests, also of middle school students and white-collar workers - 9 January: Reports from China suggest journalists at the newspaper 'Southern Weekly' embroiled in a censorship row are returning to work after an agreement was reached - 10 January: 'Southern Weekly', at the centre of anti-censorship protests, appeared on newsstands in Beijing and Shanghai on Thursday as usual, but not its home city Guangzhou - 10 January: Latest edition of Southern Weekly contains no reference to editorial row, after deal on relaxing government censorship - 23 October 2013: New Express in Hunan province calls for journalist's release, saying Chen Yongzhou was targeted over corruption stories - 2 January 2014: Censored China Southern Weekly newspaper insists on right to truth - 19 June 2014: China's regime issues rules saying reporters could only publish critical stories if approved

2015: 13 August 2015: Media struggle to report on 12 August 2015 Tianjin explosion

2016: 12 April 2016: Chinese authorities have blocked almost all information about the 'Panama Papers' on Chinese media and the Internet, after relatives of highly placed Chinese officials including seven senior leaders and former senior leaders of Politburo of the Communist Party of China have been named, including Deng Jiagui, having two shell companies in the British Virgin Islands

Internet in China: Internet in China - 22 May 2013: Chinese authorities have arrested 13 people for Internet posts that sparked a rare protest in Beijing - 29 June: Chinese Internet users celebrated the return of two rare bronze animal heads looted by European powers more than a century ago - 16 October 2014: Chinese censors block BBC website as tensions rise in Hong Kong between pro-democracy protesters and police - 28 February 2016: Chinese authorities have shut down the social media accounts of Ren Zhiqiang after he criticised the ruling Communist party’s tightening grip on the media

Social movements, protests and repression in China: Protests in the PRC - Political repression in China

Tiananmen Square protests 1989 and aftermath: Tiananmen Square protests 1989 - 4 June 2013: Chinese police blocked the gate of a cemetery housing victims of the Tiananmen crackdown on its 24th anniversary - 4 June 2013: Hong Kong to mark Tiananmen anniversary with huge vigil - 3 June 2014: How Tiananmen lives on, 25 years after the bloody crackdown - 4 June: Stepped-up government security and censorship in China the only official signs of the 4 June 1989 Tiananmen crackdown

Hong Kong 1 July marches since 1997: Hong Kong 1 July marches since 1997

2010 Chinese labour unrest: 2010 Chinese labour unrest - Trade unions in China

2010 Macau labour protest: 2010 Macau labour protest - 2010 Macau transfer of sovereignty anniversary protest, about universal suffrage, housing prices etc.

2011-2014 Chinese protests: 2011 Chinese protests - 2011 Chinese pro-democracy protests

Timeline since June/July 2011: 5. Juni 2011: Großdemonstration in Hongkong zum 4. Juni - Hong Kong 1 July march 2011 - Mass protest against Hong Kong government and growing rich-poor divide (1 July march 2011)

August 2011: 17. August 2011: Gut organisierte Protestbewegung erreicht Produktionsstopp des gefährlichen Chemiewerks in Hafenstadt Dalian

November/December 2011: - 19. November 2011: Mehr als 7000 Streikende in chinesischer Schuhfabrik in Dongguan, die u.a. Schuhe für 'Adidas' und 'Nike' mit Hungerlöhnen herstellt - 24 novembre: Grève chez un fournisseur d'Apple et d'IBM en Chine - 23. Dezember 2011: Bürgerproteste in Südchina eskalieren - tödliche Gewalt gegen Demonstranten in der Provinz Guangdong

March 2012: Protests of Wukan 2011/2012 - 3 March 2012: China protest village Wukan holds council elections

July 2012: 2 July: Protests in Hong Kong amid swearing-in of Chief Executive - 1 July 2012 – 3 July 2012 Shifang protest - 3 July: Chinese officials have halted the construction of a copper alloy plant in Shifang city, Sichuan province, following protests by local residents - 28 July 2012: Qidong protests ended after the government promised to suspend a proposed waste water pipeline project - 23 July: Nearly nine million users of China's popular microblog express outrage at government after Beijing floods leave 37 people dead - 26. Juli 2012: China hat zum ersten Mal Demonstranten in Hongkong bestraft, die in der Sonderverwaltungszone gegen die chinesische Führung protestiert hatten - 1x Protestieren = 14 Monate Arbeitslager - 28 July: A local government in eastern China drops plans for a water-discharge project after thousands of residents protested and clashed with police over pollution concerns - 30 July: Hong Kong protests China 'patriotism' classes

September 2012: 1. September 2012: Tausende demonstrieren in Hongkong gegen 'patriotisches Schulfach' - 3/4 September: More protests of thousands over Hong Kong 'national education' row - 4 September: Hong Kong students and teachers protested on Tuesday for a sixth straight day against plans to introduce Chinese patriotism classes - 8 September: After weeks of protests Hong Kong backs down over Chinese patriotism classes - 24 September: Foxconn halts production at plant after mass brawl - violence from security guards reported

October 2012: 27 October 2012: More than 1.000 people concerned about pollution in the eastern Chinese port city of Ningbo have demonstrated against plans to expand a petrochemical plant - 28 October: Authorities in Ningbo city relent and agree not to expand local petrochemical plant after a week of street protests

January 2013: 1 January: Tens of thousands of protesters have marched on Hong Kong streets, demanding greater democracy and the resignation of the city's embattled leader - 4 January: Journalists at major Chinese newspaper 'Southern Weekly' have called for a propaganda chief to resign, in a rare protest against censorship - 7 January 2013: Journalists at major Chinese newspaper 'Southern Weekly' have gone on strike in a rare protest against censorship in the Guangdong province - 10 January: 'Southern Weekly', at the centre of anti-censorship protests, appeared on newsstands in Beijing and Shanghai on Thursday as usual, but not its home city Guangzhou - 20 January: Dejected over his failure to obtain overdue wages, a man killed himself by triggering explosives attached to his body in China's Guangzhou province - 23 January: Hundreds of factory workers at Shanghai Shinmei Electric Company angry over two-minute bathroom breaks and fines for starting work late held their Japanese and Chinese managers hostage for a day and a half before police broke up the strike

May 2013: 4 May: Protests in the city of Kunming on Saturday over planned chemical plant - 9 May: With anti-riot vans and helmeted paramilitary forces, police in Beijing smothered a southern district for a second day after protests by hundreds of migrant workers over the death of a 22-year-old woman - 16 May: Nearly 1,000 people took to the streets of Kunming in a renewed protest against a proposed chemical plant - 22 May: Chinese authorities have arrested 13 people for Internet posts that sparked a rare protest in Beijing

June 2013: 4 June: Relatives of workers, killed as fire engulfed a chicken processing plant in northeast China blocked traffic and scuffled with police, demanding answers after at least 120 people died and more than 70 were injured - 25 June: Beijing workers in the US factory 'Specialty Medical Supplies' holding US executive Chip Starnes say wages have not been paid

4 June 2013: 4 June 2013: 24th anniversary of Tiananmen Square protests of 1989

July 2013: 1 July: Thousands have turned out for the annual pro-democracy march in Hong Kong demanding democratic reform and protesting against the leadership of CY Leung

2014: Occupy Central 2014, proposed nonviolent occupation protest for universal suffrage that would take place in Central, Hong Kong in July 2014

January-March 2014: 2 January: Thousands rally on New Year's Day for Hong Kong democracy, demanding a greater say in choosing their future leaders - 16 February: Runners in Hong Kong's annual street marathon voice support for press freedom - 25 February: Li Guixin in the smoggy northern city of Shijiazhuang the first person in the country to sue the government for failing to curb air pollution - 26 February: Ex-chief editor of the Ming Pao daily Kevin Lau Chun-to in critical condition after being attacked in street days after thousands march for press freedom - 28 February: Journalists held vigils condemning the violence, as news editor Kevin Lau is improving - 7 March: Chinese IBM workers strike amid Lenovo sale unrest - 25 March: Relatives of lost passengers flight MH370 protest in Beijing, accusing Malaysia of 'delays and deception' a day after it confirmed the plane crashed, and clash with police

April 2014: 16 April: Tens of thousands of workers on strike at the Yue Yuen Industrial factory in Dongguan which makes shoes for Nike and Adidas - 22 April: Staff at factory in Jiangxi join industrial action in which up to 30,000 workers are striking in neighbouring Guangdong to protest against unfair pay and benefits - 23 April: Chinese activist Zhang Zhiru thought to have been detained by security services over role in Yue Yuen walkout, goes missing after helping to organise shoe factory strike - 25 April: China has ordered owners of a huge Taiwan-backed shoe factory to address striking workers' grievances about unpaid social security - 28 April: After small concessions, scores of strikers were detained by police and employees at factory making shoes for Nike, Adidas and others returned to work

May 2014: 11 May: A protest in eastern Yuhan district over a plan to build a waste incinerator has turned violent

June 2014: 4 June 2014: Tens of thousands of people hold a vigil in Hong Kong to mark the 1989 killing of protesters in Beijing, while mainland authorities sought to whitewash the 1989 event and police flooded the streets in Beijing

July 2014: 1 July: Hong Kong rallies for democracy as government says 'doing its utmost' to move towards universal suffrage, after nearly 800,000 voted for full democracy in an unofficial referendum - 2 July: Hours after hundreds of thousands of residents gathered for the city's biggest pro-democracy demonstration in recent history Hong Kong police detained hundreds for illegally 'occupying' street - 4 July: At least five members of the group that has organized the July 1st pro-democracy march have been arrested

September 2014: 22 September: Hong Kong students have converged on a university campus, launching a weeklong boycott of classes in protest against Beijing’s decision to rule out fully democratic elections in former British colony - 27 September: Clash with riot police and arrests at the end of the weeklong strike by students demanding China's leaders organize democratic elections in 2017 - 28 September: Hong Kong activists have kicked off a mass civil disobedience campaign over voting rights early, after tens of thousands of students and sympathisers pre-empted them with protests at government buildings - 29 September: Thousands of Hong Kong citizens stepped up their calls for democracy on Monday - 30 September: Hong Kong protesters stand ground ahead of Chinese national day

October-December 2014: 1 October: Hong Kong pro-democracy protests spread as thousands defy call to leave streets on China’s national holiday - 8 October: Chinese police detained a well-known poet and seven other people ahead of a poetry reading planned in Beijing to support pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong - 10 December: Demonstrators protest about government wrongdoing outside Langfang court where former deputy of economic planning agency Liu Tienan was convicted of bribery

2015: 17 August 2015: Hundreds of angry residents whose homes had been destroyed in the Tianjin explosions have gathered outside an official news conference venue demanding answers

2016: 4 January 2016: Pro-democracy activist Agnes Chow in Hong Kong has released a video, attacking Beijing regime’s campaign of 'political suppression' following the disappearances of five booksellers - 1 June 2016: In an open letter, families of those killed during the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown have accused China's regime of subjecting them to nearly three decades of threats and repression in a bid to stop them speaking out about the massacre - 28 June 2016: Chinese activist Chen Yunfei has been ordered to stand trial for visiting the grave of young photographer Wu Guofeng killed in the 1989 Tiananmen massacre - 1 July 2016: Thousands of Hong Kong protesters demand resignation of CY Leung who critics accuse of failing to confront China over bookseller scandal - 10 août 2016: La ville de Lianyungang a indiqué qu'elle allait suspendre ses préparatifs pour l'implantation potentielle d'une usine franco-chinoise de traitement de combustibles nucléaires usés, après des manifestations d'habitants inquiets - 27 September 2016: China labor activists sentenced for helping workers in wage dispute - 5 October 2016: Hong Kong’s democracy campaigner Joshua Wong accuses Thailand’s military junta of political 'suppression' after he was barred from entering the country, apparently after Beijing regime asked for his name to be placed on a travel blacklist - 25 December 2016: As people celebrate around the world, the Chinese regime's tradition to jail political prisoners in the shadow of events is increasing, hoping the distraction of the Christmas holiday season will lead to less attention

June/July 2017: 5 juin 2017: Une veillée géante a été organisée à l'occasion du 28e anniversaire de la répression des manifestations démocratiques de la place Tiananmen - 19 July 20017: Chinese regime's ocean burial of democracy campaigner and Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo, who died in custody last week, backfires as activists stage sea protests

Crackdown on dissidents and activists in the PRC: Detained and jailed activists, people - and dissidents since 1989

2010/2011: Friedensnobelpreis 2010 an Liu Xiaobo - 2011 crackdown on dissidents in the PRC

June-December 2011: 22. Juni 2011: Ai Weiwei gegen Kaution freigelassen - Ai Weiwei - 29. Dezember 2011: Dritter Prozeß gegen Anwältin Ni Yulan - die Geschichte einer staatlichen Zerstörung von Menschen - Ni Yulan

April 2012: 10 avril 2012: L'ex-avocate chinoise pour les droits de l'homme Ni Yulan a été condamnée à Pékin mardi à deux ans et huit mois de prison pour troubles à 'l'ordre public' - son époux écope de deux ans de prison - 27 April: Following his dramatic escape from house arrest Chen Guangcheng - who is blind - in US embassy

May 2012: 2 May: Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng says he gave up his refuge in the USA embassy in Beijing after Chinese authorities made threats to family members - 3 mai: Chen souhaite désormais quitter la Chine 'où il ne se sent pas en sécurité' - 26. Mai: Chen Guangfu, der Bruder des in die USA ausgereisten Chen Guangcheng, ist seinem Anwalt zufolge spurlos verschwunden

June/July 2012: 7 June: Chinese dissident Li Wangyang, imprisoned after 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, found hanged in hospital - 20 July: China's Ai Weiwei loses appeal against tax fine - 23. Juli 2012: Menschenrechtsaktivist Xiao Yongin China zu 18 Monaten Arbeitslager als polizeiliche Strafe ohne Prozeß verurteilt wegen geäußerter Zweifel, dass der mit ihm befreundete Dissident Li Wangyang Selbstmord begangen habe

November 2012: 19 November: At least two activists died in custody before or during China's Communist Party congress and tens of thousands had their movements restricted, rights groups say

December 2012: 28 December: Further hardening its cyberlaws, China's measures allow the government to delete and censor posts it deems 'illegal'

June 2013: 9 June 2013: A Chinese court sentenced the brother-in-law of jailed Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo to 11 years in prison

October 2013: 28 October 2013: Three Chinese anti-corruption activists were due to face trial Monday on charges of 'illegal assembly', in a case seen as a sign of an official clampdown on citizens' demands for reforms

January-March 2014: 17 January: Anti-corruption activist Xu Zhiyong, who has called on officials to reveal their wealth, faces charges he broke the law by organising protests - 26 January: China jails rights activist Xu Zhiyong for four years - 24 March: Court gives 18-month prison term to Gu Yimin over plan to mark 1989 Beijing crackdown

April 2014: 15 April: Four Chinese rights lawyers, who were investigating detention centre in Jiansanjiang, allege torture by police - 17 April: A Chinese court jailed blogger Qin Zhihui for three years in a government-led crackdown on so-called Internet rumours - 23 April: China cancels over 14,400 press cards for journalists - 30 April 2014: Chinese activist Xu Wanping, a former factory worker and member of the Chinese Democracy Party, who has spent nearly half his life in detention has been freed after another nine years from prison in Chongqing

May 2014: 8 May: After reports that Pu Zhiqiang and other activists were detained over a meeting to mark the 25th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown in June, USA urges China to fee activists - 13 May: China has jailed scores of lawyers, activists and intellectuals weeks before the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre

June 2014: 6 June: Chinese-born Australian artist Guo Jian, a protester in the 1989 pro-democracy movement, detained in Beijing ahead of the 25th anniversary of the military crackdown on the Tiananmen Square protests will be deported after 15 days in custody

October 2014: 1 October: Authorities detained more than a dozen activists across China and questioned as many as 60 others who expressed support for Hong Kong's pro-democracy protests in recent days, rights group says - 8 October: Chinese police detained a well-known poet and seven other people ahead of a poetry reading planned in Beijing to support pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong

2015: 17 April 2015: Chinese journalist Gao Yu's jailed for 'leaking state secrets', unveiling regime's targeting of support for democratic principles, media independence, and civil society - 13 July: China targets lawyers in new human rights crackdown, as more than 100 legal professionals and activists are questioned or detained - 21 July: At least six people missing after clampdown on human rights lawyers in China - 16 December 2015: UK protests to China over heavy police tactics at trial of Pu Zhiqiang after diplomats and journalists forced away from Beijing courthouse - 22 diciembre: La Justicia china condena al abogado Pu Zhiqiang a tres años de prisión por sus comentarios contra el régimen en Internet, pero suspende la ejecución de la pena

2016: 28 June 2016: Chinese activist Chen Yunfei has been ordered to stand trial for visiting the grave of young photographer Wu Guofeng killed in the 1989 Tiananmen massacre - 2 August 2016: Chinese court finds human rights activist Zhai Yanmin guilty of 'subversion'

2017: 8 May 2017: China puts leading human rights lawyer Xie Yang on trial for 'inciting subversion', after his lawyers earlier this year released an explosive account of the torture sessions they claimed their client had suffered during his time in custody - 31 May 2017: An activist investigating working conditions at a supplier for Ivanka Trump’s brand in China has been detained and two other activists missing since Sunday, New York-based 'China Labor Watch' NGO says, putting another spotlight on Chinese business activities linked to the USA presidential family - 13/14 July 2017: Liu Xiaobo, who championed non-violent resistance as a way of overcoming 'forceful tyranny', and who had been serving an 11-year jail sentence for demanding an end to one-party rule, dies at 61 in custody of liver cancer, after spending almost a quarter of his life behind bars, making him the second Nobel peace prize winner who died in custody after German pacifist Carl von Ossietzky, the 1935 recipient, died under Nazi surveillance, as Human Rights activists pour scorn on Donald Trump for showering China’s president Xi Jinping with praise, invited by France's Macron to attend Bastille Day celebration and military parade - 14 July 2017: The international community must honour the dying wish of Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo by taking immediate steps to protect his wife, the poet Liu Xia, who has endured years of government persecution, friends and supporters say

Crime in the PRC: Crime in the PRC - Category: Crime in the PRC

2013: 10 March 2013: Courts in China convicted and punished 5.24 million criminals in past five years, which in an increase of 25.5% from 2003 to 2007

Corruption in the PRC: Corruption in the PRC - Category: Corruption in China

2012: 13 July 2012: Thomas and Raymond Kwok, co-heads of Sun Hung Kai Properties charged in corruption scandal

2012/2013 Bo Xilai scandal: 2012 Bo Xilai scandal - Wang Lijun incident - 2012 Bo Xilai scandal - Gu Kailai murder investigation - Neil Heywood/Gu Kailai affair 2011 - 2012 Bo Xilai scandal - Death of Neil Heywood - 9 août: La femme de Bo Xilai accusé du meurtre de son associé, citoyen britannique - 10 August: Four police officers on trial for cover-up of Heywood murder - 10 August: Gu Kailai says threats made against her son led to murder of British 'businessman' Heywood - 20 August: Suspended death sentence for Bo Xilai's wife Gu Kailai - 4 September: A close ally of Chinese President Hu Jintao has been unexpectedly demoted after his son's involvement in a fatal Ferrari crash - 5 September: Ex-police chief Wang Lijun charged with defection, power abuse, and bribe taking - 18 September: China holds trial of ex-police chief Wang Lijun - 24 September: Ex-police chief Wang Lijun jailed for 15 years on charges including cover-up of Heywood murder, abuse of power and bribetaking - 26 October: Disgraced official's expulsion follows removal from party positions and opens way for criminal prosecution against Bo Xilai - 6 November: UK businessman Neil Heywood killed in China 'had spy links', the Wall Street Journal says - 20 November: China frees Ren Jianyu sentenced without trial to hard labour for opposing Bo Xilai - 25 juillet 2013: Bo Xilai inculpé pour corruption et abus de pouvoir

Bo Xilai trial since August 2013: Bo Xilai trial since August 2013 - 22 August 2013: Ousted politician Bo Xilai goes on trial in Jinan, accused of abuse of power and netting more than $4 million in bribery and embezzlement - 22 September 2013: Bo Xilai sentenced to life in prison for corruption - 25 October: China court rejects Bo Xilai appeal

2013: 6 February 2013: Police chief Zhao Haibin in the province of Guangdong has been sacked after reports he owned hundreds of houses and a false identity card - 10 April: China formally charged former railways minister Liu Zhijun with corruption and abuse of power - 8 July: China's ex-rail minister Liu Zhijun gets suspended death sentence for graft

1 September 2013: Authorities announced an investigation into the head of a commission that oversees the China's state-owned companies - 2 September: The inquiry into the former CNPC chairman Jiang Jiemin to be investigated for graft in a current crackdown will focus on an oil firm he headed linked to other senior figures - another former top CNPC official Zhou Yongkang, who went on to become China's security tsar and a member of its highest-ruling body, the Politburo Standing Committee, is also to face a corruption inquiry - 22 November: China corruption watchdog to target senior officials in revamp - 29 December: More than 500 lawmakers in Hengyang city have resigned after being implicated in a bribery scandal, while another 56 provincial legislators have been sacked

2014: 6 janvier 2014: Dans leur campagne anti-corruption, les autorités chinoises ont traité en 2013 plus de 27'000 affaires, concernant 37'000 personnes, avec un taux de condamnation très élevé

December 2014: 3 December 2014: China and Turkey fall behind in global corruption index - 10 December 2014: Former deputy of economic planning agency Liu Tienan convicted of bribery and jailed for life

2014/2015 Zhou Yongkang corruption scandal: Zhou Yongkang corruption scandal - 30 March 2014: Chinese authorities seize $14.5 billion assets from family, associates of ex-security chief Zhou Yongkang, who is at the centre Cnina's unprecedented corruption scandal - 23 May 2014: Liu Han, a Chinese tycoon believed to have links to former security chief Zhou Yongkang, sentenced to death - 29 July: China begins corruption inquiry into former security chief Zhou Yongkang - 5 December 2014: Zhou Yongkang arrested and expelled from Communist party - 3 April 2015: China's former security chief Zhou Yongkang charged with bribery - 12 June 2015: China's former security chief Zhou Yongkang jailed for life after a secret trial, the highest ranking ex-official prosecuted for corruption in decades

2015: 1 January 2015: assistant foreign minister Zhang Kunsheng sacked for corruption - 21 July 2015: Former Chinese president Hu Jintao's aide Ling Jihua arrested on corruption charges, became well known in China in 2012 when his son crashed a Ferrari in Beijing - 31 December 2015: China Telecom boss Chang Xiaobing quits amid corruption crackdown

2017: 14 June 2017: Chairman Wu Xiaohui of influential Chinese Anbang Insurance company has stepped down after domestic media reported that he had been detained as authorities pursue a sweeping campaign against alleged corruption in the financial industry

Police brutality and torture in the PR of China: Police brutality in the PR of China - Torture in China

2012: 15 October 2012: China shows off 'sunshine detention centre' to allay torture claims

2014: 20 May 2014: Fang Jiushu, who had gone to Yunnan local government office to complain at being detained in a row over compensation for his house and land, shot dead by police - 22 September 2014: Three police officers and four other people helping them have been convicted of torturing suspects to obtain confessions, in a rare example of a prosecution of the practice

2015: 13 May 2015: Torture is still routine in Chinese jails, with police flouting regulations and courts ignoring rules designed to exclude evidence and confessions obtained by mistreatment, Human Rights Watch report says - 11 November 2015: Chinese security agents continue to employ a medieval array of torture methods against government opponents, activists, lawyers and petitioners, rights group's report claims

2017: 23 January 2017: Describing torture in China's secret jails, human rights attorney Xie Yang says he was shackled, beaten and threatened, in transcripts released in protest at his continued incarceration

Capital punishment in the PRC: Capital punishment in the PRC

2009: 2009 the Dui Hua Foundation estimates that 5,000 people were executed in China, far more than all other nations combined

2014: 15 December 2014: China' regime exonerates teenager Huugjilt executed more than 18 years ago for the rape and murder of a woman after another man confessed to the murder in 2005, but a retrial was not conducted until 2014, and now court officials and prosecutors say 'sorry' to Huugjilt's sobbing parents and that they acted under pressure by the government

2017: 11 April 2017: Amnesty International has sharply criticised China for continuing to conceal the number of people it sentences to death, as the human rights group reported a fall in executions globally last year

Terrorism in China: Terrorism in China - Chronology of terror attacks

2013: 30 octobre 2013: La police chinoise recherchait huit suspects originaires de la région musulmane du Xinjiang après qu'une voiture a foncé sur la foule place Tiananmen, faisant 5 morts et 38 blessés - 6 novembre: Des engins explosifs visant apparement le siège du Parti communiste de la province du Shanxi ont fait un mort

2014 Kunming Railway Station attack: Kunming Railway Station attack 1 March 2014 - 2 March: At least 29 people dead and more than 130 wounded in Kunming railway station attack reportedly carried out by Xinjiang separatists

2014: 1 May 2014: A bombing outside Urumqi South Railway Station killed three people and wounded 79 on Wednesday, coinciding with a visit to the region by Xi Jinping - 22 May: At least 31 people killed and more than 90 injuired when two vehicles ploughed through a marketplace in Xinjiang's Urumqi while the occupants threw explosives out of the windows

Xinjiang conflict since 1949 and unrest: Xinjiang Conflict since 1949 - Xinjiang - History of Xinjiang - Uyghur language - 2009 Ürümqi riots - 2013 Xinjiang unrest - 24 April 2013: Twenty-one people, including police officers, were killed in violent clashes in western province of Xinjiang - 26 June 2013: Riots in China's ethnically divided western region of Xinjiang on Wednesday killed at least 27 people, state media said - 16/17 November: Nine axe-wielding assailants and two auxiliary police officers killed during an attack on a police station in the Serikbuya Township - 16 December 2013: Sixteen people were killed in a clash in Shufu county near Kashgar in the region of Xinjiang - 30 December: Eight police station attackers shot dead in China's Xinjiang - 25 January 2014: Six people died in explosions and another six were shot dead by police in Xinhe in Aksu prefecture in China's Xinjiang - 29 May: In a stadium in Xinjiang filled with 7,000 people, Chinese court announced guilty verdicts for 55 people on charges of terrorism, separatism, and murder - 17 June: Authorities have executed 13 people for 'terrorist attacks and violent crimes' in Xinjiang - 22 June: Police shoot 13 dead in Xinjiang after a police station came under attack - 3 August: Xinjiang unrest reportedly leaves nearly 100 people dead, including 37 civilians - 22 September: At least two people reportedly killed and many injured in blasts at multiple locations in Xinjiang region - 26 September: China says 50 dead in violence in Xinjiang

Human trafficking in China: Human trafficking in China - 2007 Chinese slave scandal - Human trafficking in Hong Kong - 18 May 2013: A picture of two bridges leads man, kidnapped and sold to another family 23 years ago, back to his family in Guangan city - 28 February 2014: 1,094 suspects for baby trafficking were held across the country on February 19

Violence against women in China: Violence against women in China - Domestic violence in China

2013: 29 August: Rape trial of Li Tianyi among five defendants casts attention on the lifestyles, and alleged misdeeds, of the political elite

School attacks in China: School attacks in China (2010–2011) - 21 September 2012: Three children were killed and 13 injured in Pingnan, Guangxi - 14 December: A knife-wielding man slashed 22 children and an adult at an elementary school in Chenpeng village in Henan province - 25 December: A Chinese man has rammed his car packed with firecrackers and a gas tank into a group of schoolchildren, injuring 13 - 29 March 2013: Two boys were beaten to death by a staff member at their school in Yulin, in the southeastern Guangxi Zhuang region - 13 December 2013: Chinese court sentences man to death for stabbing 23 children at the school in Henan province in December 2012 - 26 September 2014: Knife attack in Lingshan County of Guanxi Province leaves 4 schoolchildren dead

Foreign relations of the People's Republic of China: Foreign relations of the PRC - History of the foreign relations of China - History of foreign relations of the People's Republic of China

Treaties of the People's Republic of China: Treaties of the People's Republic of China - Free trade agreements of China - Multinational companies headquartered in China - List of the largest trading partners of China - List of exports of China

Wars involving the People's Republic of China: Wars involving the People's Republic of China

People's Republic of China's participation and role in international organizations: PRC's membership in international organizations - People's Republic of China's participation and role in international organizations

PRC/United Nations relations: PRC/United Nations relations

UN assistance to China: The PRC received US$112 million in UN assistance annually in 2001 and 2002, the largest portion coming from the UN Development Programme UNDP

2013/2914: 22 October 2013: China challenged over human rights record at United Nations - 19 March 2014: China criticized over human rights at UN forum in Geneva, as USA and EU question death of activist Cao Shunli and continued detention of democracy advocates

2016: 6 October 2016: UN peacekeepers stayed in their bases rather than protect civilians during an outbreak of fighting in South Sudan in July, and Chinese UN peacekeepers in the capital Juba 'abandoned their posts entirely' at one civilian protection site where tens of thousands had sought safety from successive bouts of fighting, rights group says

Foreign aid to China and foreign aid from China: Foreign aid to China - some of this aid comes to the People's Republic of China in the form of socioeconomic development assistance through the United Nations system - Foreign aid from China provided by the government to other countries in the form of infrastructure projects, concessional loans to fund projects and other forms

Territorial disputes of China: Territorial disputes of China

Territorial disputes in the South China Sea: Territorial disputes in the South China Sea - The South China Sea is part of the Pacific Ocean, encompassing an area from the Singapore and Malacca Straits to the Strait of Taiwan of around 3,500,000 square kilometres - South China Sea Islands - The Spratly Islands, a disputed group of more than 750 reefs, islets, atolls, cays and islands in the South China Sea

2013-2015: 27 March 2013: China's navy exercises, including the landing of amphibious craft on its most southern territorial claim, surprise southern neighbours - 27 October 2015: How China's artificial islands led to tension in the South China Sea

2016: 17 February 2016: Chinese regime places missile launchers on Woody Island, part of the disputed Paracel Islands in the South China Sea

Immigration to China: Immigration to China

Chinese emigration: Chinese emigration - Overseas Chinese

Foreign relations of the PRC by continent, region and country: Foreign relations of the PRC by region and country - Bilateral military relations of China

PRC/Africa relations: China/Africa relations

PRC/Africa economic relations: China/Africa economic relations - Forum on China–Africa Cooperation

PRC/America relations and history of Chinese Americans: History of Chinese Americans - Chinese-American culture

Overseas Chinese in North America: Overseas Chinese in North America - History of Chinese Americans - Chinese Americans in New York metropolitan area containing the largest ethnic Chinese population outside of Asia - 15 July 2014: In the first quarter of 2014 Chinese investors had even overtaken the first-place Russian expatriates in the purchase of Manhattan condos

PRC/Angola relations: PRC/Angola relations - 25 August 2012: Angola has extradited 37 Chinese nationals, accused of extortion, kidnappings, armed robberies, running prostitution rings and sometimes burying victims alive

PRC/Arab states relations: PRC/Arab states relations - by the 1990s all Arab states cut off ties with the Republic of China and established ties with the People's Republic of China instead

Since 2004 Sino-Arab Cooperation Forum: Sino-Arab Cooperation Forum

PRC/Arctic policy: China's arctic policy

PRC/Australia relations: PRC/Australia relations - Sino-Pacific relations - 6 June 2014: Chinese-born Australian artist Guo Jian, a protester in the 1989 pro-democracy movement, detained in Beijing ahead of the 25th anniversary of the military crackdown on the Tiananmen Square protests will be deported after 15 days in custody - 17 June: Chinese regime releases detained Guo Jian - 1 October 2014: Australian pro-democracy supporters around the country stage demonstrations in solidarity with Hong Kong protests for free and democratic elections

PRC/Brazil relations: PRC/Brazil relations

2006: Since 2006 IBSA Dialogue Forum of Brazil, India and South Africa, international tripartite grouping of three continents for promoting international cooperation in the field of agriculture, trade, culture, and defence among others

PRC/Cameroon relations: PRC/Cameroon relations - 17 May: Suspected Boko Haram terrorists from Nigeria attacked a Chinese work site in northern Cameroon, killing at least one Cameroonian soldier and at least 10 people are believed to have been abducted

PRC/Republic of China (Taiwan) relations: PRC/Republic of China (Taiwan) relations - Cross-Strait relations

2014: 11 février 2014: La Chine et Taïwan nouent un dialogue historique à Nankin - 29 September 2014: Taiwan students protest at trade office in support of Hong Kong democracy

2015: 4 November 2015: Meeting of Chinese and Taiwanese presidents in Singapore prompts hope and suspicion, as fears of activists remain that mainland attempts to influence elections in self-ruled Taiwan

China/Djibouti relations: China/Djibouti relations

2015: 7 December 2015: China plans to build its first overseas military outpost in the east African nation of Djibouti, a move analysts say is part of a broader global economic and political strategy and reflects Chinese interests in Africa

Since 2017 Chinese naval base in Djibouti: Chinese naval base in Djibouti

July 2017: 12 July 2017: China sends troops to open first overseas military base in Djibouti

PRC/European Union relations: PRC/European Union relations - 29 October: Two separate security reports say the Russian and Chinese governments are likely behind widespread cyber espionage that has hit US defence contractors, Eastern European governments and European security organisations - 17 April 2015: Chinese journalist Gao Yu's jailing for 'leaking state secrets' criticised by EU and USA

PRC/France relations: PRC/France relations - Jesuit China missions since 1552 - Second Opium War 1856–1860 - Sino-French War 1884-1885 - Boxer Rebellion 1899-1901 - 29 June 2013: Chinese Internet users celebrated the return of two rare bronze animal heads looted by European powers more than a century ago - 26 December 2015: China expels French journalist Ursula Gauthier from L’Obs magazine, who was attacked in state media for article criticising regime’s approach to Muslim minority in Xinjiang, getting even death threats, and now accusing China of intimidating foreign press

PRC/Germany relations: PRC/Germany relations - Reorganized National Government of China - Wang Jingwei regime - World War II and Anti-Comintern Pact

PRC/Honduras relations:

Since 2006 'Agua Zarca Dam' project: Since 2006 the Chinese company 'Sinohydro', the World Bank's International Finance Corporation, and Honduran 'Desarrollos Energéticos' DESA has been planning to construct four hydroelectric dams at the Gualcarque, the so called Agua Zarca Dam, in 2012 DESA started construction on the land it had acquired, destroying corn and bean fields, fruit trees and coffee plantations and jeopardizing Lenca people's water resource and livelihood without consultation about the dam against international law

PRC/Hong Kong relations: PRC/Hong Kong relations - tensions between people from Hong Kong and mainland China, which have developed since the handover of Hong Kong's sovereignty to China in 1997, and in particular since the late 2000s and early 2010s

2016: 10 juillet 2016: Les déchets qui déferlent ces dernières semaines sur les côtes de Hong Kong proviendraient de Chine - 7 November 2016: Chinese Beijing regime makes landmark ruling on future of Special Administrative Region Hong Kong, barring two pro-democracy parliamentarians from office - 15 November 2016: Hong Kong court bans two separatist politicians from taking office, after Beijing regime said it would not allow the pair to be sworn into office and as fears grow of the city’s liberties coming under threat

PRC/India relations: PRC/India relations - 19 November 2012: PM Manmohan Singh and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao met in Phnom Penh ahead of the East Asia Summit - 19 November: Need for balancing India-China bilateral trade that hit a record $73.9 billion last year - 14 January 2013: China and India today agreed to resume their joint military exercises and expand their exchanges to include armies, navies and air forces - 19 March 2013: China unveils five-point formula to improve ties with India - 19 March 2013: China-India Joint Military Exercise 2013

PRC/Indonesia relations: PRC/Indonesia relations 25 March 2013: Hong Kong court ruling denies foreign domestic workers the right to apply for permanent residency

PRC/Iran relations: PRC/Iran relations - 23 October 2014: As China seeks closer military ties with Iran, two Chinese warships dock for the first time at Iran's Bandar Abbas port to take part in joint naval exercises

PRC/Iraq relations: PRC/Iraq relations - 11 March 2015: China says Muslim Uighurs have gone overseas to fight with Islamic State, which controls sections of Syria and Iraq, and returned to take part in plots at home

PRC/Italy relations: PRC/Italy relations - Chinese people in Italy - 12 February 2013: Approximately 4,000 Chinese-run clothing factories in Prato, Italy's fashion capital - 1 December 2013: At least seven people died and three were injured when a Chinese-owned clothing factory in Prato burned down, killing workers trapped in an improvised dormitory

PRC/Japan relations: PRC/Japan relations - Chinese people in Japan - Japanese people in China

History of Sino-Japanese relations: History of Sino-Japanese relations

1200-1600 Japanese piracy on China's coasts and Mongol invasions: 1200-1600 Japanese piracy on China's coasts and Mongol invasions

1592-1598 Japanese invasions of Korea with the intent of conquering Korea and China: 1592-1598 Japanese invasions of Korea with the intent of conquering Korea and China

1937-1945 Japanese invasion of China and Second Sino-Japanese War: Japanese invasion of China - Second Sino-Japanese War 1937-1945 - Manchukuo - Japanese war crimes

Japanese occupation of Hong Kong 1941-1945

Since 1945 Japanese history textbook controversies: Japanese history textbook controversies refers to Japanese government-approved history textbooks used in Japan's secondary education and concern the Japanese nationalist efforts to whitewash the crimes of the Empire of Japan during World War II - Anti-Japanese sentiment in China persists over the Second Sino-Japanese War and Japan's post-war actions

2012: 14 May 2012: China, South Korea and Japan set to begin free trade talks

2013: 15 August 2013: China and South Korea strongly condemned the visits of Japanese cabinet members, lawmakers and other politicians to the notorious Yasukuni Shrine, which honors 14 Class-A war criminals in the World War II - 15 December: China, Japan and South Korea today agreed to jointly combat air pollution, a common challenge to East Asia

2014: 24 April 2014: China released a seized Japanese ship after Mitsui Lines paid 2.9 billion yen in a dispute dating to the 1930s - 13 May: Descendants of hundreds of Chinese men forced to work in wartime Japan are taking modern-day Japanese corporates to court, seeking millions in compensation - 2 July: China criticizes Japan over plan to ease military restrictions - 13 December: China for the first time held a national day of remembrance for the Japanese Nanjing massacre that Beijing says killed 300,000 people

2015: 1 September 2015: China rebuilds its forgotten Japan’s imperial army's Taiyuan concentration camp to remember Japan's brutality in World War II

Senkaku Islands/Tiaoyutai Islands dispute: Senkaku Islands dispute - Geography of Senkaku Islands

2012: 18 August 2012: Crowds in Hong Kong applaud deported activists from Japan who carried banner reading 'Successful landing on Diaoyu islands' - 19 August: Japanese activists arrive at disputed Senkaku/Diaoyu islands - 20 August: Thousands of Chinese took to the streets on Sunday after a group of Japanese nationalists raised their flags on the disputed East China Sea island - 14 September: Six Chinese surveillance ships entered waters near Diaoyu/Senkaku islands claimed by both Japan and China - 17 September: Japanese firms (Canon, Panasonic) suspend some of their operations in China in response to attacks on Japanese shops, factories, cars and diplomatic posts - 17 September: Chinese newspapers condemn anti-Japan protests across Chinese cities over the weekend as they turned violent - 31 December 2012: A Chinese fishing boat has been detained by Japan's coast guard near Japan's Kagoshima Prefecture for allegedly fishing inside Japanese waters, Chinese officials say

2013: 23 November 2013: China creates air defence zone over Japan-controlled islands - 29 November 2013: China sends jets into air zone as Japan, South Korea defy it - 8 December: China ships sail through disputed waters as tensions simmer

2016: 6 août 2016: Environ 230 bateaux de pêche et six navires de gardes-côtes chinois, dont trois transportant apparemment des armes, ont été repérés au large d'îlots disputés entre Japon et Chine

History of Sino-Korean relations: History of Sino-Korean relations

PRC/North Korea relations: PRC/North Korea relations - Koreans in China - 14 February 2013: China talks tough over North Korea, but is hesitant to act - 8 April: No country 'should be allowed to throw a region and even the whole world into chaos for selfish gain', President Xi Jinping told a forum in Hainan - 4 June: China reportedly tried to convince North Korea to give up nuclear tests - 24 September: China bans weaponry-related exports to North Korea - 4 July 2014: China and South Korea issue a joint call for the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula at a summit in Seoul

2015/2016: 23 April 2015: Chinese nuclear experts warn on rising North Korea nuclear capability - 7 January 2016: China's media slams North Korean regime's 2016 nuclear test, saying 'there should be no tolerance and compromise on this issue'

PRC/South Korea relations: PRC/South Korea relations - 27 June 2013: China's president welcomed his South Korean counterpart Park Geun-hyeon as an 'old friend of China' and agreed to make a push for new talks with North Korea - 15 December: China, Japan and South Korea today agreed to jointly combat air pollution, a common challenge to East Asia - 4 July 2014: China and South Korea issue a joint call for the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula at a summit in Seoul

China/Latin America relations: China/Latin America relations

Chinatowns in Latin America: Chinatowns in Latin America

PRC/Libya relations: PRC/Libya relations - 6 September 2012: China confirms weapons firms met Gaddafi envoys in July 2011

PRC/Malaysia relations: PRC/Malaysia relations - 27 November 2012: Minister says China's military buildup no threat to the world - 27 March 2013: China deploys some of its most sophisticated vessels to the eastern coast of Malaysia in surprising navy exercises including the landing of amphibious craft and a ceremony promising 'to defend Chinese sovereignty'

2014: Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 aircraft disappeared on 8 March 2014 - 18 March 2014: Desperate relatives of Chinese passengers aboard flight MH370 threatened to go on hunger strike as they demanded answers about the missing aircraft from Malaysia - 25 March: Relatives of lost passengers flight MH370 protest against Malaysia accusing it of 'delays and deception' a day after it confirmed the plane crashed

PRC/Oceania-Pacific relations: PRC/Oceania-Pacific relations

PRC/Pakistan relations: China/Pakistan relations - Military relations - 25 March 2013: China defends deal to build 1000 MW nuclear plant for Pakistan saying that it confirmed to safeguards of the IAEA - 24 December 2013: China commits $6.5 billion for the construction of nuclear power project in Karachi - 2 January 2014: China loans Pakistan $6.5 billion for nuclear plants

PRC/Philippines relations: PRC/Philippines relations

2013/2014: 25 March 2013: Hong Kong court ruling denies foreign domestic workers the right to apply for permanent residency - 27 November 2013: The Philippines criticised China's dispatch of its first aircraft carrier to the South China Sea, saying it 'raises tension' in waters where the two neighbours are locked in a territorial dispute - 24 February 2014: Philippines says a Chinese vessel fired a water cannon on Filipino fishermen - 13 May 2014: China's state-run media calls for regime's territorial challengers to be made to pay an 'unaffordable price'

2016: 4 September 2016: The Philippines expressed 'grave concern', demanding an explanation from China over an increasing number of Chinese boats near the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea, as the September 2016 G20 summit opens in Hangzhou and China calls for G20 to be 'action team' instead of 'talkshop'

PRC/Portugal relations: PRC/Portugal relations - Portuguese colony Macau 1537–1999 - Slavery in Portuguese Macau and the coast of China

PRC/Russia relations: PRC/Russia relations (since 1991)

History of Sino-Russian relations: History of Sino-Russian relations

2012: 20. Juli 2012: Peking reagiert sehr ungehalten auf die Kaperung chinesischer Fischerboote durch die russische Küstenwache

2013: 25 March 2013: China to buy two dozen fighter jets and four submarines from Russia

2014: 1 May 2014: China and Russia will carry out joint naval exercises in the East China Sea later this month

PRC/South Asia relations: PRC/South Asia relations - 6 December: PR China excludes Indians, Pakistanis and other South Asian nations from visa-free stay

PRC/Sudan relations: PRC/Sudan relations - June 2011: China/Sudan economic and political ties - carpet welcome for al-Bashir in Beijing

PRC/Syria relations: PRC/Syria relations

PRC/Ukraine relations: PRC/Ukraine relations - 15 March 2014: Russia vetoes UN resolution declaring Crimea referendum invalid, but 13 other nations voted in favour and China abstained from voting isolating Putin regime - 17 March: China urges restraint in Ukraine, avoids comment on Crimea vote in favour of joining Russia - 26 May 2014: China respects the choice made by the Ukrainian people in presidential election and is willing to continue to actively develop bilateral strategic partnership, FM says - 26 December 2014: China willing to strengthen friendship with Ukraine, China's Ambassador Xiyun says - 26 March 2015: China to invest $ 15 bln in affordable housing in Ukraine - 30 June 2015: EU and China support the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine, EU's Donald Tusk says

PRC/United Kingdom relations: PRC/United Kingdom relations - First Opium War 1839-1842 - Second Opium War 1856–1860 - Boxer Rebellion 1899-1901

1984: Sino-British Joint Declaration December 1984

2011-2014: Neil Heywood/Gu Kailai affair 2011 - 11 April 2012: China urges support for its probe into disgraced leader Bo Xilai after news of the detention of his wife over the death of the UK businessman Neil Heywood - 20 April: A senior Chinese journalist has told the BBC that police knew UK man Neil Heywood had been murdered in Chongqing last November and that a cover-up began immediately - 18 July 2013: China bars GlaxoSmithKline executive from leaving country amid bribery probe - 22 August: China arrests a British and US fraud investigator, whose firm did work for British pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline - 15 June 2014: China and Britain will sign business deals worth at least US$30 billion - 18 June 2014: Pro-democracy Hong Kong 2020 group's Anson Chan has urged Britain to live up to its commitments under the Joint Declaration - 2 October 2014: Hong Kong democracy protests spread to Chinese embassy in London as Hong Kong Overseas Alliance rallies more than 2,000 people for solidarity protest at Chinese regime's actions - 28 October: Hong Kong has spent billions on buying weapons from Britain - 2 November 2014: British banker charged with two counts of murder in Hong Kong after police found the mutilated corpses of two women in his apartment - 30 November 2014: China refuses House of Commons delegation entry to Hong Kong as pro-democracy protesters confront police on streets - 2 December: China has broken agreement to let Hong Kong govern its own borders for at least 50 years, say British MPs urging UK government to condemn China after it refused MPs to entry Hong Kong

2017: 3 March 2017: British journalists reporting in China were attacked and later forced by police to apologise and sign a confession for trying to interview a villager about land reform

PRC/USA relations: PRC/USA relations

2011: 15 November 2011: Feeding the Dragon, reevaluating USA development assistance to China - USA has lowered foreign aid to China, reaching about $12 million from USAID for 2011 - 19 novembre 2011: Entretien entre Obama et Wen Jiabao au sommet de Bali après l'annoncement d'un renforcement americain en Australie

2012: 6 January 2012: China warns US on changed Asia military strategy - 2 May 2012: Hillary Clinton lands in China for talks as activist Chen case looms - 4 May: Chen Guangcheng's plea for protection from China deepens crisis - 4 May: The US says it expects China to allow prominent dissident Chen Guangcheng to travel abroad soon - 17 May: Activist Chen Guangcheng says passport application done - 20 May: Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng arrived in New York City on Saturday - 2 June: The US will shift a majority of its warships to the Asia-Pacific region by 2020 - 3 June: China warns US from 'muddying waters' in South China Sea - 5 September: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is meeting Chinese leaders amid rumbling regional tensions over the South China Sea - 8 October: Chinese telecom giants Huawei and ZTE pose a security threat to the United States and should be barred from US contracts, report says - 20 novembre: Les Etats-Unis avaient dépassé l'Union européenne comme première destination des exportations chinoises

2013: 1 February 2013: Chinese hackers hit our computers, claim Wall Street Journal - 13 April 2013: The United States and China committed Saturday to a process aimed at ridding North Korea of its nuclear weapons - 8 June: US President Obama and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping pledged to look for a new way of cooperation as they started a weekend of talks - 17 June: China asks US to explain Internet surveillance - 18 June: Obama says China hears and understands 'blunt' message on hacking - 25 June: China rejects US claim that it helped Edward Snowden to flee - 25 June: Beijing workers in the US factory 'Specialty Medical Supplies' holding US executive Chip Starnes say wages have not been paid - 27 June: US Chip Starnes leaves plant after payout - 30 October: China to step up own security after new NSA allegations - 3 December: China challenges US anti-dumping measures at WTO

2014: 1 May 2014: China's theft of trade secrets a major concern, USA says listing China as a major violator of intellectual property rights - 12 July: USA charges Chinese Su Bin for hacking into the computer systems of USA companies with large defence contracts, including Boeing - 2 October: USA 'support universal suffrage in Hong Kong, accordant with the Basic Law' FM John Kerry told reporters, renewing calls for restraint by the city’s police and standing alongside Chinese regime's FM Wang in Washington, who gives his version of 'rule of law' - 2 October: In New York's Times Square, demonstrators back Hong Kong protesters, many toting umbrellas which have become a symbol of the massive protests seeking democratic freedoms - 10 October: Hong Kong protesters won powerful USA backing as Congressional-Executive Commission on China urges President Obama to press concerns about democracy with Beijing's regime - 19 December 2014: Apple again criticized for working conditions and excessive hours at Chinese factories

2015: 13 June 2015: China-linked hackers appear to have gained access to sensitive USA defence and intelligence data - 13 September: Chinese and USA officials conclude four days of meetings on cyber security and other issues, ahead of Chinese visit in Washington - 25/26 September: USA's Obama and China's Xi Jinping vow to fight global warming, to halt commercial cyber-theft, and to improve cooperation on fighting militancy including conflict in Afghanistan

2016: 2 February 2016: USA calls on China to clarify status of missing Hong Kong booksellers - 4 December 2016: The grim truth of Chinese factories producing the west’s Christmas toys, as undercover investigation by China Labor Watch exposes low wages, hazardous chemicals and overtime beyond legal limits

2017: 12 March 2017: Trump's daughter is exception to father’s 'Buy American’ rule, as 82 shipments from China have carried goods for daughter of USA president’s clothing line following the November 2016 election, and more than 1,200 shipments of Trump-branded products have flowed into the USA from China and Hong Kong over the past decade - 31 May 2017: An activist investigating working conditions at a supplier for Ivanka Trump’s brand in China has been detained and two other activists missing since Sunday, New York-based 'China Labor Watch' NGO says, putting another spotlight on Chinese business activities linked to the USA presidential family - 6 June 2017: USA calls on China to release activists investigating Ivanka Trump brand - 6 June 2017: China won't release men investigating supplier producing Ivanka Trump items, after terrified Deng Guilian, the wife of one of the detainees, told the AP that she had been interrogated twice by police in her hometown in central China’s Hubei province, questioning her sharply about her contacts with foreign media - 21 June 2017: Production tables reviewed by the Guardian contradict public statements made by the brand owned by USA's Ivanka Trump, showing that Ivanka Trump shoes were still scheduled to be made at the factory two months after the brand said they had stopped

PRC/Vatican relations: PRC/Vatican relations - Jesuit China missions since 1552 - Roman Catholicism in China

PRC/Vietnam relations: PRC/Vietnam relations

1979 Sino-Vietnamese War: 1973-1992 Third Indochina War, a series interconnected conflicts in Indochina - Cambodia, China, Thailand, also supported by the USA and North Korea, against Vietnam, supported by the Soviet Union, Laos, Mongolia and other countries - after the peace accords were signed between the USA and North Vietnam in January 1973 - 1979 Sino-Vietnamese War, in February China attacked along the Sino-Vietnam border following Vietnam's defense against Cambodia in 1978, followed by March 1979 Chinese withdrawal from Vietnam, followed by the end of the rule of the Chinese-backed Khmer Rouge and the Cambodian genocide

1979-1990 Sino-Vietnamese conflicts: Sino-Vietnamese conflicts 1979–90, temporary Chinese occupation of several areas within Vietnamese territory and lasting Chinese control of six reefs in the Spratly Islands

Since 2012: 27 June 2012: Rising tensions between China and Vietnam and several of its neighbours over China’s South China Sea oil tender - 9 December 2012: Rare protests have taken place in Vietnam over maritime territorial disputes with neighbouring China, quickly dispersed by police - 27 March 2013: Vietnam had accused China of opening fire on a fishing boat calling the incident a serious violation of its sovereignty - 8 May 2014: Vietnam says that Chinese ships protecting an oil rig in disputed waters used water cannon to attack Vietnamese patrol vessels and repeatedly rammed them, injuring six people - 11 May 2014: Protesters staged one of Vietnam's largest ever anti-China demonstrations on Sunday, decrying China's deployment of a deep-water drilling rig in contested waters as territorial tensions soar - 13 May: China's state-run media calls for regime's territorial challengers to be made to pay an 'unaffordable price' - 15 May: As Beijing's expansionism in South China Sea provoke continued violent backlash in Vietnam, killed people reported - 27 May: A Chinese fishing vessel rammed and sank a Vietnamese fishing boat in the disputed South China Sea

2016: 3 January 2016: Vietnam protests after China lands plane on disputed Spratly islands

PRC/Yemen relations: PRC/Yemen relations - 31 March 2015: More than 500 Chinese nationals evacuated from Yemen, revealing also China's interest in Yemen - 3 April 2015: China helps evacuate foreign nationals from Yemen, the first Chinese regime has assisted in the evacuation of foreign nationals during an international crisis

Environment, environmental issues and climate change in the PRC: Environment in the PRC - Environmental issues in China

Climate change in China: Climate change in China - 4 November 2011: Global carbon dioxide output (China, USA and India top producer) rose 6 per cent in 2010, far more than recent worst case scenario - 12 April 2013: Greenhouse gases make high temperatures hotter in China - 9 December 2013: China says poorly prepared to fight impact of climate change

Pollution in China: Pollution in China - China Pollution Map Database

2013: 15 June 2013: The Chinese government has ordered firms in heavy-polluting industries to cut emissions by 30% by 2017 - 20 June 2013: Air pollution has become a curse for millions of city-dwellers in Asia, posing a mounting risk to the very young and very old, pregnant women and people with heart and respiratory problems, experts say - 21 October 2013: Latest China smog emergency shuts Harbin, capital of northeastern Heilongjiang province and home of 11 million people - 22 October: Dangerous pollution levels blight Chinese city of Harbin - 24 November: Smog descends on Northeast China, closing roads, airport

2014: 7 December: Shanghai smog closes city - 24 February 2014: Dangerous smog in northern China in recent days prompts a spike in air purifier sales, as pollution continues to shroud Beijing - 25 February: Li Guixin in the smoggy northern city of Shijiazhuang the first person in the country to sue the government for failing to curb air pollution - 8 March 2014: Over 95 per cent of Chinese cities failed to meet environmental standards, minister says - 25/26 March 2014: Pollution around the globe kills 7 million people every year, says WHO report

2015: 4 November 2015: China underreporting coal consumption by up to 17%, as data indicate that China has emitted close to a billion additional tonnes of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere each year - 9 November 2015: Residents of north-eastern China donned gas masks and locked themselves indoors on Sunday after their homes were enveloped by some of the worst levels of smog on record - 24 décembre 2015: Au moins 10 villes chinoises en alerte rouge, après que Pékin a décrété sa première 'alerte rouge' à la pollution début décembre

2016: 19 décembre 2016: En Chine au moins 23 villes du nord ont émis des alertes rouges à la pollution, déclenchant une série de mesures

2017: 2 January 2017: Millions start new year shrouded by health alerts and travel chaos as Beijing pollution climbed as high as 24 times the level recommended by the WHO - 20 juillet 2017: La qualité de l'air s'est encore dégradée en Chine depuis le début de l'année, selon des statistiques du ministère de l'Environnement

Beijing pollution: China Beijing Environmental Exchange - 12 January 2013: Central Committee, good morning! Air pollution in the Chinese capital Beijing has reached levels judged as hazardous to human health - 13 January: Residents of Beijing have been refusing to step outdoors due to fears sparked by the dangerous levels of pollutants in the air - 20 January: As media describe the expensive air purifiers government officials enjoy, report of special farms so cadres need not risk suffering from recurring food safety scandals and as lung cancer rates in Beijing have shot upward by 60% in the last decade, authorities plan emergency measures to control Beijing air pollution - 29 January: Dangerous smog returns in Beijing for fourth time in a month - 31 January: Hospital visits rise due to pollution, doctors and media say - 22 February: China's environment ministry has acknowledged the existence of 'cancer villages', after years of assertions by academics and domestic media that polluted areas experience higher rates of the disease - 16 January 2014: Beijing air pollution Thursday with a concentration of toxic particles more than two dozen times the level considered safe - 13 February 2014: China smog makes capital 'barely suitable' for life, an official Chinese report says

2015: 28 January 2015: Beijing smog makes city 'unliveable', mayor discovers in 2015 as report finds tourism to Chinese city falls 10% on year before - 30 November 2015: The capitals of the world's two most populous nations China and India, Beijing and Delhi, were blanketed in hazardous, choking smog on Monday as climate change talks began in Paris, where both countries causing large proportion of pollution are participants - 1 décembre 2015: Pékin 'en alerte orange' pour le troisième jour consécutif en raison d'une pollution record sur le nord de la Chine - 8/9 December: After smog reaches 40 times safe level in some areas, Beijing's red alert prompts schools and factories to close, force millions of vehicles off roads, and China’s national broadcaster urges citizens to 'smile' as air pollution reach threatening levels - 18 décembre 2015: Le niveau 'rouge' de la pollution de l'air dans la capitale chinoise est atteint pour la deuxième fois en quelques jours - 25 décembre 2015: Pékin se réveille dans un épais brouillard polluant, d'une nocivité 25 fois supérieure aux plafonds recommandés

2017: 4 May 2017: A putrid, nicotine-shaded mist loomed over Beijing on Thursday after a massive sandstorm slammed into the Chinese capital bringing the latest disaster to this smog-choked city

Electronic waste in China: Electronic waste in China

Water resources, water crísis and pollution in China: Water resources of China - Water supply and sanitation in the PRC - Chinese water crisis - Water pollution in China

2011-2013: 7. Juni 2011: China - Überschwemmungen und chemische Verseuchung Juni 2011 - 12. August 2011: China und die Wahrheit - wahres Ausmaß der Ölkatastrophe vor Chinas Küste am Gelben Meer monatelang vertuscht - 6 January 2013: Water supply to China's Handan city cut off following contamination of the Zhanghe River by industrial pollutants from a chemical plant - 27 March 2013: Hundreds of dead ducks found in China's Nanhe river days after discovery of thousands of dead pigs dumped in waterway in Shanghai

2014: 11 April 2014: Lanzhou, heavily-industrialised city of 3.6 million people in Gansu province, reports cancer-inducing chemical in drinking water, standing at 20 times above national safety levels

Natural disasters and climate change in China: Natural disasters in China - Climate change in China - Disaster preparedness in China

Droughts and heatwaves in China: Droughts in China - 2010-2011 China drought

2007 Asian heatwave - China - 31 July 2013: At least 10 dead as record heatwave hits Shanghai - 2 août et sa verité: Les personnes diffusant des bulletins météo non officiels à Shanghai encourent des amendes de plusieurs milliers d'euros

Floods in China: Floods in China

2011: 2011 China floods - 8 June 2011: Floods in Southwest China June 2011 - 11 June: More floods in China - 17. Juni 2011: Hochwasser in Ostchina - Deichbruch - 17. Juli 2011: Auch im Juli Überschwemmungen und Erdrutsche in China

2012: 13 May 2012: Hail and rain storms in Gansu province kill dozens - 27 June: Heavy rains in South China - 9 dead, millions affected - 22 July: The heaviest rain in 61 years in the capital Beijing has left 10 people dead - 23 July 2012: China fury after Beijing deluge

2013: July 2013 Southwest China floods - 10 July 2013: Mudslide buries dozens of people - 13 July 2013: Landslides and floods in Sichuan province had killed 31 people by Thursday, with 166 more missing - 18 August: Severe floods kill 37 in northeast China

2016: Since June 2016 China floods, in July an estimated 32 million people across 26 provinces are affected, many people are killed and cropland is destroyed - 20 juin 2016: Des inondations ont fait 22 morts et 20 disparus depuis samedi dans le sud de la Chine - 5 July 2016: Flooding in the Yangtze river basin has left 112 people dead or missing in recent days, with more damage feared from a typhoon expected to land within days

Landslides in China: Landslides in China

2008: 2008 Shanxi mudslide, caused by the collapse of an unlicensed mine landfill in Xiangfen county, Linfen, Shanxi Province, which caused 277 dead, 4 missing and 33 injured

2010: August 2010 Gansu mudslides, the most deadly individual disaster among the 2010 China floods, killing more than 1,471 people as of 21 August 2010, while 1,243 others have been rescued and 294 remain missing

2013: March 2013 Gyama Mine landslide - 10 July 2013: Mudslide in western China buries dozens of people

2015: 23 August 2015: Landslide in China's southwest in Funing County in Yunnan province kills three people, eight people missing - December 2015 Shenzhen landslide

2017: June 2017 Sichuan landslide - 24 June 2017: More than 140 people are feared to have been buried by a landslide in south-west China's Sichuan province

Typhoons in China: Typhoons in China

2006: August 2006 Typhoon Saomai - 11 August 2006: Staff and volunteers from the provincial Red Cross branches in Zhejiang and Fujian respond to Saomai, the worst typhoon in half a century

2011/2012: 2011 Pacific typhoon season - 2012 typhoon Saola - 2012 typhoon Damrey - 2012 typhoon Haikui - 2012 typhoon Kai-tak

2013: Typhoon Soulik July 2013 - 14 juillet 2013: Le typhon Soulik a fait trois morts et entraîné l'évacuation d'un demi-million de personnes - Typhoon Utor August 2013 - Typhoon Usagi September 2013 - 23 septembre: Typhon Usagi fait au moins 25 morts dans le sud de la Chine - Typhoon Fitow October 2013 - 7 octobre: Le typhon Fitow frappe la côte orientale, au moins 5 morts - 16 October: Thousands Protest in Flood-Hit Chinese City - Typhoon Haiyan November 2013 - 12 November 2013: Haiyan killed eight people in southern China and inflicted hundreds of millions of dollars in damage to farming and fishing industries

2014/2015: Typhoon Rammasun July 2014 - 19 July 2014: Typhoon Rammasun kills at least eight people in China - September 2014 Typhoon Kalmaegi - July 2015 Typhoon Chan-hom - 11 July 2015: China evacuates 865,000 peope and cancels flights as Chan-hom heads toward the country’s southeastern coast - August 2015 Typhoon Soudelor - 10 August: Typhoon Soudelor hits China with deaths, floods and mudslides - September 2015 Typhoon Dujuan - September/October 2015 Typhoon Mujigae - 5 October 2015: Seven people were killed and more than 200 injured after Typhoon Mujigae ploughed through China's southern province of Guangdong

2016: July 2016 Typhoon Nepartak - 11 July 2016: After hitting Taiwan, typhoon Nepartak brings chaos to China’s south-eastern coast killing six people, with at least eight more missing, as tens of thousands flee storm - August 2016 Typhoon Nida - September 2016 Category 5 Typhoon Meranti - 16/18 September: Since Meranti made landfall in the eastern provinces of Fujian and Zhejiang, the typhoon has left dozens dead and missing and caused direct economic losses of more than $2.5bn - September 2016 Typhoon Megi - 29 September: Landslides caused by typhoon Megi have ploughed into villages in eastern Zhejiang province, swallowing up dozens of houses and leaving more than 30 people missing, as critics say local governments, especially in the frequently hit coastal provinces in China’s east, misallocate funding or fail to spend enough on defences against floods and other problems caused by heavy rain

Tornadoes and storms in China: 21 March 2013: At least 24 people died and scores were injured after a tornado carrying huge hailstones lashed southern China, causing widespread devastation and a ferry to capsize - 23 March: Hailstorms kill 12 people and injured hundreds in southern China - 18 May 2013: Southern China rainstorms kill 55, leave 14 missing - 24 June 2016: Hurricane-force winds, freak hailstorms, pounding rain and a tornado killed 78 people in China's eastern province of Jiangsu on Thursday and injured nearly 500 others

Earthquakes in China: Earthquakes in China List of earthquakes in China

2012: 2012 Yunnan earthquakes - 8 September 2012: At least 80 people have been killed and 20.000 homes damaged by a series of earthquakes in Yunnan and Guizhou provinces

2013: 2013 Ya'an Sichuan earthquake - 20 April 2013: A strong earthquake struck southwestern Sichuan province, five years after a massive quake devastated the region - 22 July 2013: Earthquake in western China kills 22 people, injuring nearly 300

Tibet - Tibet Autonomous Region

History and economy of Tibet: History of Tibet - Geography of Tibet - Economy of Tibet

Tibetan culture - Tibetan Buddhism

Social movements and protests in Tibet: 2008 Tibetan unrest - Tibetan independence movement - 10. Februar 2012: Wieder erschossene Demonstranten und Selbstverbrennung in Tibet - 15. März: 'Wer tatenlos zuschaut, riskiert eine Eskalation' - Die Selbstverbrennungen in Tibet zeugen von grosser Verzweiflung - 15 August 2012: Hundreds of Tibetans demonstrated in northwest China on Tuesday after police beat four people and threatened them with guns - 17. August 2012: Auch der zweite Tibeter, der sich aus Protest gegen die Tibet-Politik selbst angezündet hatte, ist seinen Verletzungen erlegen - 27 October 2012: 23-year-old Tsewang Kyab has become the fifth Tibetan in a week to set self on fire and die in Amuquhu town in Xiahe county - 8 November 2012: Three teenage monks and a Tibetan woman set fire to themselves in an unprecedented string of protests against Chinese rule - 16 November 2012: Two more Tibetans have died after reportedly setting themselves on fire in protest against Chinese rule - 9 October 2013: Chinese police opened fire on a group of protesters, demanding the release of a fellow Tibetan detained for refusing to fly the Chinese flag, injuring 60

Natural disasters in China and Tibet: Natural disasters in China - 29/30 March 2013: After a landslide buried 83 people in Tibet's Lhasa Maizhokunggar county gold mine area, working for a subsidiary of the state-owned China National Gold Group Corp., search continues for trapped miners

Georgia - Geography of Georgia - History of Georgia - Demographics of Georgia

Economy of Georgia: Economy of Georgia - main industries include manufacturing (manufacture of food products, beverages and tobacco products), electricity, gas and water supply, mining and quarrying, steel, electrical appliances, chemicals, wood products, wine - Companies of Georgia by industry

Agriculture in Georgia: Agriculture in Georgia - Land distribution - Georgian wine

Georgian Armed Forces: Georgian Armed Forces - Wars involving Georgia - Immediate Response July 2008 - Russia–Georgia war August 2008 - Georgia–NATO relations

Taxation in Georgia: Taxation in Georgia

Politics of Georgia: Politics of Georgia - 1995 Constitution of Georgia

Political parties and trade unions in Georgia: Political parties in Georgia - Trade unions in Georgia - Independent Association of Georgian Journalists

Social movements and protests: Protests in Georgia

2009: 2009 Georgian demonstrations

2011/2012: Georgia police disperse opposition protest May 2011 - 28. Mai 2011: Tausende protestieren gegen Gewalt in Georgien - 27 May 2012: Tens of thousands rally for Georgian opposition bloc - 19 September: Protests erupt in Georgia over prison abuse videos - 20 September: Interior minister Akhalaia quits amid uproar over prison abuse video - 21 September: Thousands rally calling for top officials to be fired in prison-abuse scandal that has caused outcry - 29 September 2012: Georgia opposition stages mass rally ahead of poll

2016: 6 March 2016: Protesters in Georgia are calling on the government to refuse any deals with Russian state gas monopoly Gazprom

Elections in Georgia: Elections in Georgia

October 2012 Georgian parliamentary election: Georgian parliamentary election 1 October 2012 - 1 octobre: Les Géorgiens se rendent aux urnes après le scandale des tortures en prison - 2 October: Early parliamentary election results suggest a clear lead of the opposition led by Bidzina Ivanishvili - 3 October: Georgian opposition wins parliamentary polls

October 2013 Georgian presidential election: Georgian presidential election 27 October 2013 - 28 octobre 2013: Georgy Margvelachvili a obtenu 63,8% des voix, le candidat du président sortant Saakachvili, David Bakradzé, arrive loin derrière avec 21,3% des voix

May 2014 Georgian local election: Georgian local election May 2014 - 21 June 2014: Local elections boost Alliance of Patriots’ ambitions for parliamentary polls

October 2016 Georgian parliamentary election: 8 October 2016 Georgian parliamentary election - 11 October: 'Georgian Dream' wins around 48% and 'United National Movement' around 27% of the vote in Georgian election

Society, demographics, culture and human rights in Georgia: Society of Georgia - Demographics of Georgia - Human rights in Georgia - Freedom of religion in Georgia

Education in Georgia: Education in Georgia - Culture of Georgia

Science and technology in Georgia: Science and technology in Georgia - 18 October 2013: The discovery of a 1.8-million-year-old skull of a human ancestor buried under a medieval Georgian village provides a vivid picture of early evolution and indicates our family tree may have fewer branches than some believe

Media of Georgia: Media of Georgia - Newspapers in Georgia - Radio stations in Georgia - TV in Georgia - Independent Association of Georgian Journalists

Internet in Georgia: Internet in Georgia

Crime in Georgia: Crime in Georgia - Russian mafia - Georgian mafia

Corruption in Georgia: Corruption in Georgia - 2014 Business Anti-Corruption Portal's Georgian corruption report

White collar crime: 4 April 2013: PM of Georgia among owners of secret firms in British Virgin Islands

Terrorism in Georgia: Terrorism in Georgia

2012: 2012 attacks on Israeli diplomats

Human trafficking in Georgia: Human trafficking in Georgia

Abkhazian-Georgian conflict: Abkhazian-Georgian conflict - Abkhazia - History of Abkhazia

Politics of Abkhazia: Politics of Abkhazia

2011: Abkhazia presidential election 26 August 2011 - Alexander Ankwab Präsident

2014: Abkhazian presidential election 24 August 2014 - 25 August 2014: Abkhazia elects opposition leader Khadzhimba as president

2016: 10 July 2016 Abkhazian early presidential elections referendum

Foreign relations of Abkhazia: Foreign relations of Abkhazia - States that do not recognise Abkhazia or South Ossetia as independent - States formally recognising Abkhazia or South Ossetia as independent

Abkhazia/Russia relations

Abkhazia/South Ossetia relations

Foreign relations of Georgia: Foreign relations of Georgia

Georgia/Abkhazia relations: Georgia/Abkhazia relations - Abkhaz–Georgian conflict since 1989

Georgia/Armenia relations: Georgia/Armenia relations - Armenians in Georgia

Georgia/Azerbaijan relations: Georgia/Azerbaijan relations

Georgia/European Union relations: Georgia/European Union relations - 28 June 2014: EU signs association agreements with Moldova, Ukraine and Georgia

Georgia/Nato relations: Georgia/NATO relations - 7 February 2015: NATO plans to open Georgia Training Center by year’s end - 28 August 2015: NATO opens new training centre in Georgia

Georgia/Romania relations: Georgia/Romania relations - Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation since 1992 - Black Sea Forum for Partnership and Dialogue since 2006

Georgia/Russia relations: Georgia/Russia relations

1918-1920 Georgian–Ossetian conflict: Georgian–Ossetian conflict 1918–1920

Since 1989: Georgian–Ossetian conflict 1989-present over Georgia's former autonomous region of South Ossetia, which evolved in 1989 and developed into a 1991–1992 South Ossetia War

1991–1992 South Ossetia War: 1991–1992 South Ossetia War

2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis and August 2008 Russo-Georgian War: 2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis - August 2008 Russo-Georgian War

Georgia/Turkey relations: Georgia/Turkey relations - Baku–Supsa Pipeline operated by British Petroleum, since 1999 - Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan pipeline operated by BP, since 2006 - South Caucasus Pipeline operated by BP, since 2006

Georgia/Ukraine relations: Georgia/Ukraine relations - Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation since 1992 - Black Sea Forum for Partnership and Dialogue since 2006

2015: 17 February 2015: Georgia appeals to Ukraine with a request to arrest and extradite ex-President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili and ex-justice Adeishvili - 17 February: Ukraine refuses to extradite Saakashvili

Georgia/United Kingdom relations: Georgia/United Kingdom relations - British Georgian Chamber of Commerce since 2007 - Baku–Supsa Pipeline operated by British Petroleum, since 1999 - Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan pipeline operated by BP, since 2006 - South Caucasus Pipeline operated by BP, since 2006

Georgia/USA relations: Georgia/USA relations - Georgian American - 28 February 2014: As Ukraine crisis rumbles, Georgian PM Garibashvili visits USA

Natural disasters in Georgia: Natural disasters in Georgia

2008 Borjomi wildfire: 2008 Borjomi wildfire - Borjomi-Kharagauli National Park

2015 Tbilisi flood: June 2015 Tbilisi flood - 14 June 2015: Tigers, lions, bears and wolves among escaped zoo animals that roam Georgian capital after floods kill nine people

Earthquakes in Georgia: Earthquakes in Georgia

India - Geography of India - Geology of India - History of India - Partition of India by the 'British Empire' 1947 - States and union territories of India - Demographics of India

Economy of India: Economy of India - main industries include steel, transportation equipment, machinery, mining, petroleum products, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, construction, cement, software, agricultural products, leather, textiles - Sectors of economy - Natural resources of India - Industry and services

Mining in India: Mining in India - Mining disasters in India

Mining scams in India: Mining scams in India

Coal mining in India: Coal mining in India - Coal mining districts in India - Coal mafia of Dhanbad, Jharkhand

2013: 21 February 2013: According to the Impulse NGO Network some 70.000 children are currently employed in Meghalaya's nightmare coal mines, with several thousand more working at coal depots, because mine owners find it cheaper to hire children and the police take bribes

Coal mining disasters in India: Coal mining disasters in India - 1981-2016 Accidents in Coal Mines in India

2016: 30 December 2016: A 'Rajmahal Open Cast Mines' coal mine collapse in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand killed at least 10 workers and 13 others may be trapped by the mound of fallen earth

Iron ore mining in India: Iron ore mining in India

Steel companies of India: Steel companies of India - Steel company ArcelorMittal - 30 June 2010: The European Commission fined 17 steel producers a total of 518 million euros for running a price-fixing cartel, with industry giant ArcelorMittal hit the hardest - 23 March 2013: Vive la Belgique? India not my top priority for investment, Lakshmi Mittal says

Textile industry in India: Textile industry in India - Textile industry in Coimbatore - Textile industry in Tirupur - Die Textilproduktion in Tirupur - Sumangali (child labour) - Sumangali-Schema

2012: 3 December 2012: Workers of garment factories provide evidence of exploitation and harsh work conditions at a national tribunal

2016: 11 November 2016: A fire that broke out in the basement of a garment factory trapped and killed at least 13 workers and injured nine other workers as they slept early Friday in the building just outside New Delhi

Information technology in India: Information technology in India - Mobile network operators of India

Information technology companies of India - 26 May 2013: 16 Indian companies in emerging top 100 software vendors list

Energy in India: Energy in India - Energy in India by state - Electricity sector in India

Fossil fuels in India: Fossil fuels in India

Nuclear power in India: Nuclear power in India - India's three-stage nuclear power programme - Nuclear technology in India

List of nuclear power accidents in India

Renewable energy in India: Renewable energy in India - Wind power in India

Energy policy of India: Energy policy of India - 1 August 2012: Power regulator summons officials from four states - blame game begins over the unprecedented power outage that affected 600 million people

Science and technology in India: Science and technology in India

Indian Space Research Organisation: Indian Space Research Organisation - Space programme of India - 9 September 2012: Scientists celebrate India's 100th space mission with the launch of French and Japanese satellites via Indian space vehicle - Mars Orbiter Mission, launch date 5 November 2013 - 24 September 2014: India joins club of deep-space explorers with low-cost satellite and its first spaceship to orbit Mars

Industrial disasters and accidents: Bhopal disaster 1984 - 14 juin 2012: Au moins dix personnes ont été tuées et plusieurs autres grièvement blessées dans une explosion au sein d'une aciérie dans le sud-est de l'Inde - 3 December 2012: Bhopal gas victims, in solidarity with the anti-nuclear protestors, to join anti-nuke protest in Kudankulam

Agriculture in India: Agriculture in India - agriculture and allied sectors like forestry and fisheries accounted for 13.7% of the GDP in 2013 and about 50% of the total workforce, products include wheat and rice, numerous vegetables, roots and tuber crops, pulses, fruits, several dry fruits, coconut, sugarcane, coffee, livestock and poultry meat, eggs, farmed fish, agriculture-based textile raw materials - Women in agriculture in India

History of agriculture in India: History of agriculture in India - Cooperative movement in India - Cooperatives - Farming systems in India - Slow agricultural growth

2014: 3 November 2014: Agriculture hit by both urban and rural pollution as wheat and rice yield decrease significantly, study finds

Farmers' suicides in India: Farmers' suicides in India - 2 September 2011: Five cotton growers commit suicide in Vidarbha, a total of 507 suicides of farmers during 2011 alone in Vidarbha - 21 February 2013: In Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh, farmers are once again selling their kidneys to meet the financial burden after a poor harvest - 19 March 2014: After reports of 22 farmer suicides in three weeks driven by massive crop failure, the Maharashtra government appeals to farmers

Water, rivers and dams, water supply and irrigation in India: Water in India - Major rivers of India - Lakes in India - Irrigation in India - Dams and reservoirs in India - Reservoirs in India - Water supply and sanitation in India

2017: 16 June 2017: India's wells are running dry

Water disputes: Kaveri River water dispute - 12 October 2012: Karnataka state told to release Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu state

Fishing in India: Fishing in India

Infrastructure in India: Infrastructure in India

Transport in India: Transport in India

Transport disasters in India: Transport disasters in India

Water transport in India: Water transport in India

Maritime incidents in India: Maritime incidents in India

2012: April 2012 Assam ferry sinking, as a ferry carrying about 350 passengers capsized in the Brahmaputra River in the Dhubri district of Assam killing at least 103 people

2017: January 2017 Patna boat accident - 15 January 2017: The death toll from a boat accident in eastern India rose to 26, after a overloaded boat returning from kite festival in eastern state of Bihar capsizes in the Ganges river near city of Patna

Bridges and bridge disasters in India: Bridges in India by state - List of bridges in India - Bridge disasters in India

Rail transport in India: Rail transport in India

List of Indian rail incidents: List of Indian rail incidents

2015: March 2015 Uttar Pradesh train accident - 12 September 2015: Two British tourists killed and at least eight others injured, including three Indian nationals, when a train derailed in the north of India, after nine coaches of another train derailed in southern India, killing at least two people and leaving several injured earlier on Saturday

2016: 20 November 2016 Pukhrayan train derailment - 20 November 2016: More than 100 people have been killed and about 150 more were injured after 14 coaches of a passenger train rolled off the track near Purwa, a village near the northern industrial city of Kanpur, according to police

2017: 22 January 2017: 36 people were killed and 50 injured after an express train derailed in south-east India's Vizianagram district of Andhra Pradesh state

Indian road network: Indian road network

Road accidents in India: Road accidents in India

2013: 16 April 2013: 'They threw her into a van like garbage', says man whose wife, child died in road accident

2015: 21 September 2015: 45-year-old Latori Barman, walking home from a fair, died after being buried alive by workers who did not see him lying unconscious at the bottom of a pothole

2015: 21 September 2015: 150,000 people die on Indian roads each year, with hundreds of thousands injured, often seriously

2016: 1 April 2016: The death toll from the flyover collapse in India's eastern city of Kolkata reached 24 after a 100-metre length of a flyover broke off suddenly and crashed down on pedestrians and vehicles on the road below

Retailing in India: Retailing in India

Tourism in India: Tourism in India - Lists of visitor attractions in India - World Heritage Sites in India

2013-2015: 1 April 2013: The number of foreign women tourists visiting India has dropped by 35% in the past three months after sex attacks - 2 January 2015: Number of rapes in Delhi up by a third in a year, 2,069 rape cases had been reported in the past 12 months in the Indian capital

International trade: Foreign trade of India - List of the largest trading partners of India - 22 August 2013: India's rupee skids to new record low against dollar

Labour in India: Labour in India - Indian labour law

Debt bondage in India: Debt bondage in India

2013: 17 October 2013: India is home to nearly half of world’s 30 million modern-day slaves, the Global Slavery Index 2013 reveals, estimating there are 13.9 million people living as slaves in India

Banking in India: Banking in India - Reserve Bank of India, India's central banking institution, which controls the monetary policy of the Indian rupee

2016: 2016 Indian Banks data breach - 31 December 2016: Indian cash crisis set to pass into history early next year 2017

Indian military: Indian Armed Forces - Budget of Indian Armed Forces - 17 February 2014: Defence budget hiked 10 per cent, 'one rank, one pension'

Equipment of the Indian Army: Equipment of the Indian Army - Active Indian military aircraft

Indian Navy: Active Indian Navy ships - Weapon systems of the Indian Navy

Russian-made INS Sindhurakshak (S63) fire incident 2010 and on 14 August 2013 - 14 August 2013: Indian Navy orders board of inquiry to probe the explosion and subsequent fire onboard its Russian-built and recently refitted submarine INS Sindurakshak which has sunk, eighteen sailors missing - 27 February 2014: Two officers died in fire on board of Russian-origin submarine INS Sindhuratna - 7/8 March: Enquiry ordered after a navy officer was killed in an accident on an under-construction ship in Mumbai

Arms import of India:

2012: 19 March 2012: India is the world's largest recipient of arms while South Korea is second and Pakistan and China are third in the list, SIPRI says - 12 October: Indian Army to get its own fleet of attack helicopters because it's not possible to have 'little air forces' - 24 December: Russia steps up arms sales to India

2013: 18 March 2013: India remains the world's biggest weapons importer for the third year in a row, ahead of China, which has turned into an exporter

2017: 20 February 2017: India is world's largest arms importer, increasing its arms imports by 43% between 2007–2011 and 2012–2016 and accounting for 13% of the global total, as arms imports by states in Asia and Oceania increased by 7.7% between 2007–2011 and 2012–2016 and accounted for 43% of global imports in 2012–2016, according to SIPRI

India and weapons of mass destruction: India and weapons of mass destruction - 4 March 2012: Indian Army inducts second cruise missile unit close to Pakistan border - 19 April: India tests successfully its first long-range intercontinental ballistic missile - 25 August: Prithvi II successfully test-fired - 28 January 2013: India test fires missile from under sea, completes nuclear triad

Taxation in India: Taxation in India - Value-added taxation in India - Income tax in India - States of India by tax revenues

Union budget of India: Union budget of India - Railway Budget

2014 Union budget of India: 2014 Union budget of India submitted 10 July 2014

Military budget of India: Military budget of India, expenditure in per cent of India's GDP - Indian Armed Forces

2014: 17 February 2014: Defence budget hiked 10%, 'one rank, one pension'

2016: 29 February 2016: India's military budget was on Monday increased by 9.76% to Rs 2.58 lakh crore for 2016-2017, the military budget accounts for nearly 17.2%t of the total central government expenditure for the year 2016-2017 which is Rs 19.78 lakh crore

Politics of India: Politics of India - Indian independence movement - Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi - Constitution of India

Political parties in India: List of Indian political parties - List of recognised Indian political parties

Indian National Congress - Nehru-'Gandhi'-family

2012/2013: Aam Aadmi Party since 26 November 2012 - 9 December 2013: For AAP, a brilliant 2013. but for 2014, the challenges are many - 25 December: Congress and BJP to learn some lessons from Aam Aadmi Party

2014: 4 January 2014: AAP to announce first list of candidates for Lok Sabha polls within two weeks - 8 January 2014: One arrested for Hindu Raksha Dal's attack on AAP office in Ghaziabad - 2 March 2014: Kejriwal calls the BJP a party that poisons people's minds by using religion for electoral advantages as Modi says in Lucknow that 'BJP tsunami' will uproot SP, BSP and Congress - 10 April 2014: More than a dozen of India's most respected artists and academics have written to the Guardian to express their acute worry at the prospect of Hindu nationalist politician Narendra Modi becoming the country's PM - 18 April: Stones thrown at AAP's Arvind Kejriwal in Varanasi by a dozen young men shouting slogans in favour of Narendra Modi

Elections in India: Elections in India - 2012 elections in India - Indian presidential election 19 July 2012 - 22 July: Pranab Kumar Mukherjee was declared elected the 13th President

2013 elections in India

April/May 2014 India General Elections: Indian general election 7 April - 12 May 2014 - 5 April 2014: Live web-casting will take place at 40 sensitive polling stations across Uttar Pradesh - 7/8 April: Indians go to the polls as parties were campaigning on promises of economic growth and one party promises a tsunami - 9 April: AAP's Arvind Kejriwal slapped again and injured while campaigning in Delhi - 10 April: 11 states, 3 union territories voting today - 18 April: Stones thrown at Arvind Kejriwal on his door-to-door campaign in Varanasi by a dozen young men shouting slogans in favour of Narendra Modi - 25 April: Violence and threats in Kashmir to derail elections - 29 April: AAP volunteers attacked by BJP workers in Varanasi, AAP says - 30 April: BJP's Modi party accused of posing with party symbol on polling day, in contravention of campaign rules - 3 May: Indian regional politician has died of burn injuries five days after he was targeted during a TV election debate by a man who had set himself on fire - 16 May: Congress Party admits defeat in the national election 2014

States and union territories of India: States and union territories of India - Administrative divisions of India - List of states and union territories of India by population - Lists of cities in India by state and by population - List of states and territories of India by area - Economy of India by state or territory - Companies of India by state or territory - List of Indian states by GDP - Indian states ranked by unemployment - Indian states and territories ranked by poverty (percentage of people below poverty line) - Indian states ranked by school enrollment rate

Districts in India: Districts in India - Tehsils of India

Cities and towns in India: List of cities and towns in India by population - List of most populous cities in India - List of million-plus urban agglomerations in India - List of industrial centres in India

State legislatures of India: State legislatures of India

Andhra Pradesh, Geography, Demographics, History, Economy - Andhra Pradesh Legislature - Andhra Pradesh state assembly elections 2009 - Telangana movement - 30 July 2013: Recommended formation of Telangana

Arunachal Pradesh, Geography, Demographics, History, Economy - Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election 2009 - Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election 2014

Assam, Geography, Demographics, History, Economy - Assam legislative assembly election 2011

Bihar, Geography, Demographics, History, Economy - Bihar Legislative Assembly - 2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election - October/November 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election - 9 November 2015: Bihar Election Commission final tally gives Grand Alliance 178 seats, NDA 58 (JDU 71 seats, RJD 80, Congress 27, BJP 53)

Chhattisgarh, Geography , Demographics , History , Economy - November 2013 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly - 9 December 2013: Assembly election results - BJP wins

Goa, Geography, Demographics, History, Economy - 2012 Goa legislative assembly election

Gujarat, Geography, Demographics, History, Economy - 2012 Gujarat legislative assembly election - BJP 115 seats

Haryana, Geography, Demographics, History, Economy - Haryana Legislative Assembly election October 2014 - 19/20 October 2014: BJP wins in Haryana and Maharashtra

Himachal Pradesh, Geography, Demographics, History, Economy - 2012 Himachal Pradesh legislative assembly election - Congress 36 seats

Jammu and Kashmir, Geography, Demographics, History, Economy - 2013 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly - 25 November to 20 December 2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election - 3 December 2014: Indian forces kill 6 militants crossing into Kashmir to disrupt vote - 25 December 2014: Losses for Congress in Legislative Assembly election

Jharkhand, Geography, Demographics, History, Economy - Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election 2008 - November/December 2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election

Karnataka, Geography, Demographics, History, Economy - May 2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly - 20 March 2013: Karnataka Assembly polls on May 5, counting on May 8 - 8 May: Karnataka election results live - Congress set to form government; JD pushes BJP to number 3 - 23 July 2013: Karnataka spends Rs. 5 crore on luxury SUVs for each of its 30 ministers, though practically new cars allotted to ministers in the previous BJP government are lying unused

Kerala, Geography, Demographics, History, Economy - Kerala Legislature - Kerala Legislative Assembly election 2011

Madhya Pradesh, Geography, Demographics, History, Economy - 2013 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly - 9 December: Assembly election results - BJP wins

Maharashtra, Geography, Demographics, History, Economy - Elections in Maharashtra - 16 February 2012 Maharashtra municipal elections - Brihanmumbai Mahanagar Palika election 16 February 2012 - Maharashtra state assembly elections 2009 - 1 March 2013: In 'fake protest', Raj Thackeray's men (MNS) bought car just to set it on fire in Mumbai, committing a dangerous crime - 4 March 2013: At a school in Western Maharashtra, north Indians trying to get their children admitted to a local school were assaulted by Raj Thackeray's party workers - Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election October 2014 - 19/20 October 2014: BJP wins in Haryana and Maharashtra

Manipur - 2012 Manipur Legislative Assembly

Meghalaya - Meghalaya Legislative Assembly - 23 February 2013 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election

Mizoram - 25 November 2013 Mizoram Legislative Assembly election

Nagaland - Nagaland Legislative Assembly - 23 February 2013 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election - 28 February 2013: The Nagaland Peoples' Front ahead in the counting of ballots for the 60-member Nagaland assembly

Odisha, Geography, Demographics, History, Economy - Odisha Legislative Assembly election 2009 - April 2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

Punjab, India, Geography, Demographics, History, Economy - 2012 Punjab Legislative Assembly

Rajasthan, Geography, Demographics, History, Economy - 2013 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly - 9 December 2013: Assembly election results - BJP wins

Sikkim - Sikkim Legislative Assembly election 2009 - April 2014 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election

Tamil Nadu, Geography, Demographics, History, Economy - Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election April 2011 - J. Jayalalitha was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for the third time 16 May 2011 - 27 September 2014: Chief Minister Jayalalithaa Jayaram resigned, after she was convicted for misusing her office during her tenure of 1991-96 to amass properties worth 66.65 crores

Telangana, Geography, Demographics, History, Economy - 18 February 2014: Lok Sabha passes resolution for creation of state of Telangana - 19 February: Kiran Reddy resigns as Andhra Pradesh CM and quits Congress

Tripura - 14 February 2013 Tripura Legislative Assembly election - 28 February 2013: Left Front heads for landslide victory in Tripura's assembly polls

Uttarakhand, Geography, Demographics, History, Economy - 2013 elections in Uttarakhand

Uttar Pradesh, Geography, Demographics, History, Economy - 2012 Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly election, 8 February – 3 March - 6 March 2012: Assembly polls - election results - 6 March 2012: India's ruling Congress loses in state polls, the Samajwadi Party wins a clear victory and majority in the new state assembly of Uttar Pradesh - 10 March 2012: Samajwadi Party selects Akhilesh Yadav as new Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh

11 February – 8 March 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election - 19 March 2017: BJP announced after a party meeting that Yogi Adityanath, who praised Donald Trump’s travel ban, was its unanimous choice for chief minister, a firebrand Hindu priest with incendiary rhetoric about Indian minorities, particularly Muslims, who make up one-fifth of Uttar Pradesh’s 220 million residents

West Bengal, Geography, Demographics, History, Economy - 2011 West Bengal state assembly election - 2013 West Bengal Panchayat Polls - 21 July 2013: Bombs, bullets, arson mark West Bengal panchayat polls

Delhi National Capital Territory - Geography of Delhi - Demographics of Delhi - History of Delhi

Economy of Delhi - Companies based in Delhi - 2014 Delhi Budget

Legislative Assembly of the National Capital Territory of Delhi

2013: 4 December 2013 Delhi Legislative Assembly election - 8 December 2013: Spectacular Aam Aadmi Party's impact on Delhi elections - 8 December 2013: Arvind Kejriwal, who is a former tax inspector with a record of campaigning for transparency in India's notoriously dirty politics, and his Aam Aadmi anti-corruption party made a stunning breakthrough in New Delhi's state election - 9 December: Delhi assembly gets only three women members, all belong to Aam Aadmi Party - 23 December: Arvind Kejriwal to be Delhi Chief Minister, swearing in at Ramlila Maidan - 28 December: Arvind Kejriwal takes oath as Delhi Chief Minister, an estimated 40,000 supporters present - 10 January 2014: Anti-corruption hotline launched by Delhi's new graft-busting government overwhelmed by calls - 20 January: Arvind Kejriwal justifies a raid by his Law Minister Bharti, citing a letter from the Ugandan High Commission, but is prevented from staging a protest at the home minister's office against police refusal to crack down on a drug and prostitution ring - 20/21 January 2014 Aam Aadmi Party's Delhi protest - 21 January: Kejriwal calls off sit-in in Delhi - 24 January: Delhi police suspends three officers after a video, posted by Aam Aadmi party, showed them beating a man with sticks and taking money from his wallet - 14/15 February 2014: Kejriwal resigns as Chief Minister after his anti-corruption Jan Lokpal Bill was blocked by MLAs of the BJP and the Congress in the Delhi Assembly, ahead of the Lok Sabha elections

2015: 7 February 2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly election - 8 February 2015: Aam Aadmi Party's Kejriwal thanks Delhi voters for rejecting politics of caste and of religion - 11 Eebruary: After AAP won 67 seats in Delhi assembly, AAP's Arvind Kejriwal will take oath as the Delhi CM on February 14, starting to tackle issues of corruption, prices, power, water, education, transport and women's safety - 15 December 2015: PM Narendra Modi a 'coward, psychopath,' says Arvind Kejriwal after CBI raid of Kejriwal's office

Parliament, government and politics in India: Parliament of India - Lok Sabha - United Progressive Alliance - Government of India

2011: 25 November 2011: India MPs in uproar over the cabinet's decision to open the retail market to global supermarket chains - 3 December: India suspends plan to open up to global supermarkets

2012: 12 March 2012: Budget session begins today, UPA faces hostile Opposition in Parliament - 5 September: Government plans to table promotion quota bill, but Parliament stalled again for 10 days now over 'coal-gate' - 15 September: India's government agrees to open the country's retail sector to foreign investment and global supermarket chains - 18 September: Trinamool Congress' Mamata Banerjee has pulled out of United Progressive Alliance government, leaving it in a minority - 10 October: Government split over plan to give NIB the power to over-rule other ministries - 28 October 2012: Cabinet reshuffle - 22 November: Repeated adjournments on FDI as winter session of parliament begins - 5 December: Govt wins FDI vote in Lok Sabha

2013: Criminal Law (Amendment) Ordinance 3 February 2013 - 28 February: Union budget of India 2013–2014 will be presented - 2013 Union budget of India - 10 May: Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal and Law Minister Ashwani Kumar resigned in one day over links with corruption claims - 30 July: India Telangana state decision expected - 30 July: Telangana will be 29th state, Hyderabad a shared capital for 10 years - 26 August 2013: Food Security Bill passed in Lok sabha - 6 September: India to unveil steps to cut fuel consumption on September 16 - 10 December: Lokpal Bill in this Parliament session, vows government after Delhi elections - 13 December: Government tables Lokpal Bill - 18 December 2013: Lokpal Bill passes in Lok Sabha and will become law soon

2014: 3 January: PM Manmohan Singh rules out third term and describes Mr Modi as 'someone who has presided over the mass massacre of citizens on the streets of Ahmedabad' - 13 February 2014: Congress party's MP uses pepper spray in Indian Parliament's Telangana debate to disrupt proceedings - some MPs taken to hospital

Corruption and scandals in India: Corruption in India - List of scandals in India - Category: Political scandals in India

Indian black money - 26 March 2014: The Supreme Court slammed the Centre for failing to bring back black money stashed in foreign banks for over six decades

Bofors scandal - Ottavio Quattrocchi

Scorpene Deal scam

2013 Indian helicopter bribery scandal 2010-2013 (ongoing)

Mining scams in India (ongoing) - Indian coal allocation scam, since March 2012 - 11 June 2013: Congress MP Naveen Jindal accused of cheating, conspiracy - 26 August 2014: India's Supreme Court declared as illegal government allocations of coal blocks since 1993, jeopardising projects built around the blocks

2007-2013 2G spectrum scam - Radia tapes controversy - Sukh Ram

Uttar Pradesh NRHM scam, since October 2010

2013 Indian Premier League spot-fixing case

2012 Karnataka Wakf Board Land Scam

Himachal Pradesh phone tapping 2009-2012 - 25 February 2013: Himachal Pradesh phone tapping row hots up with both the Congress and the BJP trading allegations at each other over a thousand phones that were tapped between 2009 and 2012

2002-2010 Uttar Pradesh food grain scam - 20 August 2012: Union Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma (Congress) 'happy' over price rise

Fodder Scam - 30 September 2013: Former chief minister of Bihar Lalu Prasad convicted of corruption in fodder scam along with 44 others, including seven more politicians and four bureaucrats

1991/2014 Disproportionate Asset case against Chief Minister Jayalalithaa

2010 housing loan scam in India

2010 Commonwealth Games allegations of corruption and financial irregularities

2008 Cash-for-votes scandal

Social movements, trade unions and protests in India: Protests in India - Social movements in India - Human rights organisations based in India - Trade Unions in India - Environmental organisations based in India - Women's organisations in India - Self-Employed Women's Association of India

2011: 23. Februar 2011: Massenproteste der Gewerkschaften gegen hohe Lebensmittelpreise und Regierungspolitik in Indien

2012: 28 February 2012: Major trade unions across India have called for a 24-hour strike today to protest against "anti-labour" policies of the government - 28 February: Millions of Indian workers strike for rights - 31 May: Nationwide strikes over fuel prices - 18 July: Violence again at Maruti Suzuki's Manesar plant, charred body found - 20 September 2012: Nationwide strike in India against retail reforms allowing in foreign retail giants such as Walmart and Tesco

22 September 2012: Protests against the controversial Kudankulam nuclear plant continue unabated with thousands of fishermen having laid siege to the port at Tuticorin

February 2013: 20 February 2013: Major trade unions began a two-day strike to protest high inflation, fuel price increase and violations of labour laws on Wednesday - 20/21 February: Overwhelming response to strike, entering second day - 21 February: In Murshidabad district panchayat worker Hazrat Omar claims that Trinamool Congress party workers cut his left ear for not reporting to work - 23 February: Brick kiln worker Majhi whose eye was severely damaged after he was attacked allegedly by Trinamool Congress supporters on Thursday has spoken to TV about the incident from his hospital bed

April 2013: 3 April 2013: Thousands paid tribute to Sudipto Gupta, the 22-year-old student activist who died in police custody, outside the office of the Students Federation of India

July 2013: 17 juillet 2013: Violentes manifestations en Inde après l'intoxication mortelle de 22 écoliers - 19 July: Protests by students in Bihar over mid-day meal turn violent

September 2014: 25 September: Over 2,000 protesters of the Indian Youth Congress protested against PM Modi's government for failing to fulfill its poll promises, including bringing black money back to the country, police used force and also detained protesters

2015: 22 April 2015: An impoverished Indian farmer died after hanging himself in front of hundreds of other farmers who had gathered for a protest in Delhi, as at least 40 farmers have killed themselves in recent weeks - 26/27 August 2015: India's Gujarat state hit by violent caste-related protests, as at least half a million members of the Patidar community rallied in Ahmedabad to demand changes to policies facing falling agricultural incomes and an overall socio-economic squeeze - 22 December 2015: Protesters and the parents of Jyoti Singh, who died after she was gang raped on a bus in Delhi in December 2012, demand law reform after one of the attackers was freed from jail

2016: 2 February 2016: Uproar over video of Delhi police and others beating students who were protesting outside the RSS headquarters in Jhandewalan over Dalit research scholar Rohith Vemula’s suicide - 2 September 2016: Tens of millions of Indian public sector workers strike nationwide in fight for higher wages, despite last-minute concessions by ministries, including a 104-rupee rise in unskilled workers’ daily minimum wage, that could not ward off the strike against what unions said were the 'anti-worker and anti-people' policies of Narendra Modi’s government

Farmers' movements in India: Bardoli Satyagraha (civil disobedience and revolt in the Indian Independence Movement) - Category: Agriculture in India - Farming systems in India

2012: 11 October 2012: A march by 50.000 landless people to Delhi from Gwalior for framing a National Land Reforms Policy ends after government inks truce with protesters

2016: 15 October 2016: Millions march in a sea of saffron, as the past two months at least a dozen cities in the western state of Maharashtra have exploded in an unprecedented outburst of popular uprising from the Maratha community, women and farmers using social media, after four consecutive years of drought have ruined harvests and left farmers without water even to drink or wash

Repression and farmers' suicides: 11 August 2011 (Indian Video): Police shooting at protesting and fleeing farmers in Pune (Maharashtra) - death of three farmers - 12 August 2011: Controversy over the death of three farmers spreads - 12 August 2011: Maharashtra opposition seeks dismissal of government

Farmers' suicides in India: Farmers' suicides in India - 2 September 2011: Five cotton growers commit suicide in Vidarbha, a total of 507 suicides of farmers during 2011 alone in Vidarbha - 22 April 2015: An impoverished Indian farmer died after hanging himself in front of hundreds of other farmers who had gathered for a protest in Delhi, as at least 40 farmers have killed themselves in recent weeks - 14 February 2017: The terrible truth behind the wave of farmer suicides in India - 18 May 2017: 852 farmer suicides in four months in Maharashtra - 4 June 2017: Harassed by moneylender, farmer commits suicide in UP's Firozabad district - 9 June 2017: Maharashtra village tense after farmer Dhanaji Jadhav's suicide

India Against Corruption: India Against Corruption - 2011 Indian anti-corruption movement - 2012 Indian anti-corruption movement

August 2011: 16 August 2011: Anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare arrested - protests are beginning across the country - 16 August: Chidambaram's 'democracy' of 5.000, of preconditions, of police directives and unlawful detention faces strong opposition - 17 August: Tens of thousands of Indians protest in support of Anna Hazare across the country - 21 August: At least 50.000 express solidarity with anti-corruption campaigner Hazare in New Delhi - on Friday more than 500 protests with more than one million people across the country - 23 August: Indian government hold first talks with supporters of Anna Hazare - 23 August: PM sends letter to Anna Hazare - 24 August: All-party meeting on anti-graft law to deal with the demands of Indian anti-corruption movement - 25/26 August: Government agrees to start Lokpal debate in parliament, on Saturday - 28 August: Activist Anna Hazare ends hunger strike after parliament expressed support for parts of his anti-corruption plan

October 2011: 15 October: BJP ex-chief minister Yeddyuarappa arrested over corruption scandal

December 2011: 14 December: India set for all-party meeting on anti-corruption bill - 27 December: India MPs pass anti-corruption Lokpal bill amid protests demanding a stronger law - 30 December: Corruption bill delay amid chaos in the upper house condemned by opposition parties

March 2012: 26 March 2012: Army chief discloses offer of Rs. 14-crore bribe, CBI inquiry ordered amid ongoing protests of anti-corruption movement

April 2012: 28 April: India's former BJP chief Laxman sentenced to four years for bribery accepting money from reporters posing as arms dealers

May 2012: 30 May: Team Anna seeks independent probe into charges against PM

June 2012: 24 June: A man pushed out of a running train in Bihar by a railway official after he refused to pay a bribe

July 2012: 25 July: Team Anna to launch indefinite hunger strike today for Lokpal Bill - 29 July: More than 70 supporters of Team Anna detained when they staged a demonstration outside the residence of Home Minister Chidambaram

August 2012: 26 August: Police crack down on IAC protesters - 27 August: India PM rejects coal scandal accusations

September 2012: 4 September: Police conduct raids on coal companies that won mining bids in scandal that reportedly caused $33bn loss to exchequer - 18 September: Corruption investigation against senior Maharashtra minister Chhagan Bhujbal

October 2012: 17 October: India's Law Minister Salman Khurshid warns anti-corruption activist Arvind Kejriwal saying he 'will also work with blood'

December 2012: 4 December: India has been suspended by the International Olympic Committee ahead of elections in which officials accused of corruption were set to be appointed

April 2013: 11 April 2013: In an unprecedented move, the Maharashtra government has suspended 36 policemen attached to Nehru Nagar Police Station in Kurla for allegedly accepting bribe from a person, who caught the act on camera

December 2013: 8 December 2013: Arvind Kejriwal, who is a former tax inspector with a record of campaigning for transparency in India's notoriously dirty politics, and his Aam Aadmi anti-corruption party made a stunning breakthrough in New Delhi's state election - 9 December: Anna Hazare accuses the Centre of 'betrayal', going back on its promise on Jan Lokpal Bill, and announces indefinite fast from tomorrow for passage of the anti-graft law in Parliament - 18 December 2013: Lokpal Bill passes in Lok Sabha, will become law soon and anti-corruption movement celebrates

January 2014: 9 January 2014: New Delhi AAP government launches anti-corruption helpline - 16 January: In a third arrest by Delhi government's anti-corruption branch a sub-inspector of Vikaspuri police station was arrested for allegedly taking bribe to recommend a revolver licence

20/21 January 2014 Aam Aadmi Party's Delhi protest: 20/21 January 2014 Aam Aadmi Party's Delhi protest - 21 January: Kejriwal calls off sit-in in Delhi

February 2014: 2 February: After its 'corrupt list' targeting national politicians, Aam Aadmi Party says it will release a list of leaders at the state-level - 25 February: Arvind Kejriwal warns about corruption

March 2014: 10 March: As many politicians charged with serious cases of graft, among them Congress and BJP leaders, contest the national election in April/May, Supreme Court wants politicians' cases decided within a year

Violence against women, rape, eve teasing in India and protests: Violence against women in India and protests - Rape in India - India's National Crime Records Bureau annual reports: Crime against women in India 2013 - Rape of minors in India - Rape statistics of selected countries: India - Eve teasing

1 February 2011 Soumya Murder Case: Soumya Murder Case 2011

2012: 21 December 2012: Hundreds of men accused of sexual violence stand in elections and dozens campaigning for national assembly - NZZ 26. Dezember 2012: Zunahme der Gewalt gegen Frauen in Indien auch wegen ineffizienter und korrupter Polizei und Justiz

6 December 2012 Ahmedabad gang rape and suicide attempt: 29 December: A 14-year-old gang-rape victim attempted suicide by consuming poison at her residence in Ahmedabad in the district of Dholka town

December 2012 Patiala gang rape and suicide: 27 December 2012: A 17-year-old girl in Patiala who had been gang-raped has committed suicide because the police embarrassed her and refused to register a case for over a month

16 December 2012 Jyoti Singh gang rape and murder in Delhi: 16 December 2012 Delhi gang rape case - 19 December 2012: Tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets across India calling on authorities to stem the rising tide of violent sexual attacks on women, after the 23-year-old medical student Jyoti Singh was raped and beaten by six men on a Delhi bus - 21 December: Women stage protest outside Rashtrapati Bhavan as arrests continue in Delhi gang-rape case - 23 December: Demonstrators and police clash at rape protest - 23 December: Protesters meet Sonia Gandhi and her son, who assure speedy action - 24 December: In a televised address Indian PM Manmohan Singh assures to 'make all possible efforts to ensure security and safety of women in this country' - 25 December: Delhi rape victim's statement recorded again amid controversy over alleged 'interference' - SDM Usha Chaturvedi reports that the police tried to intimidate her - 25 December: 16 girls detained for four hours by Delhi police allege that police manhandled and beat them up

29 December 2012 death of Jyoti Singh: 29 December: Across India, people are sharing their sorrow over the murder of the 23-year-old medical student Jyoti Singh who died early this morning in a hospital in Singapore - 29 December: When Jyoti Singh died at a hospital on Singapore, her parents were with her - 29 December: Indians mourn death of gang-rape victim Jyoti Singh - 31 December: India has scaled back New Year celebrations, as it mourned the murder of the medical student Jyoti Singh in Delhi - 11 mars 2013: L'un des auteurs présumés du viol collectif dans un bus de New Delhi s’est pendu - 1 September 2013: Outrage in India over first Delhi gang-rape sentence (3 years in a juvenile detention centre) - 13 September 2013: All four men convicted of raping and murdering Jyoti Singh sentenced to death on Friday

23 December cardiac arrest of constable Tomar in Delhi: 25 December 2012: Constable according to police injured during Sunday's protest at India Gate dies - 26 December: Two eyewitnesses, Mr Yogendra and Ms Pauline, both photographed as they helped constable Tomar, say he collapsed as he was chasing protesters, reporting that other policemen ignored his desperate requests to call for an ambulance - 27 December: Arriving in hospital constable Tomar 'had already suffered a cardiac arrest and had almost no pulse', Medical Superintendent Sidhu says

December 2012 Congress discovers India's 'painted ladies': 27 December 2012: Indian President Pranab Mukherjee's son MP Abhijit Mukherjee (Indian National Congress) mocks at India saying 'these pretty ladies coming out to protest are highly dented and painted' - 28 December 2012: Congress party wants no action against Abhijit Mukherjee, spokesman Alvi says, as Congress commemorates the party's 127th anniversary, celebrates itself and Sonia Gandhi comments for the first time on the case of the young medical student Jyoti Singh who is fighting for her life now in a Singapore hospital - 29 December: When Jyoti Singh died at a hospital on Singapore, her parents, who had sold their small piece of land in Uttar Pradesh to afford her education in Delhi, were with her

29 December 2012 Barasat gang rape and murder: 30 December 2012: A 45-year-old woman was murdered after being gang-raped by eight men in West Bengal's Barasat town after her husband was severely beaten up for trying to prevent the attack

31 December 2012 Hight Court: 31 December: High Court upholds conviction of accused in the Bijal Joshi gang-rape case in Ahmedabad 2004

2012/2013: 19 January 2013: Rape cases in the Indian capital New Delhi jump 23% in 2012

3 January 2013: 3 January: At least five suspects will face charges in rape and murder of medical student that has sparked ongoing anger and protests across India - 3 January: Delhi women seek protection travelling on the city's public transport system

3 January 2013: 3 January: Assam Congress leader Brahma arrested for allegedly attempting to rape a woman - angry villagers took Mr Brahma into their custody and did not let him escape calling the police - 4 January: Brahma suspended by Congress over Assam sex attack

4/6 January 2013: 4 January: Delhi to appoint more policewomen - 4 January: The friend of the murdered medical student on a bus in Delhi has given his first interview since the incident criticising Delhi police for the slow response to the attack - 6 January: According to Indian law the father of the murdered medical student Jyoti Singh wants her named, Delhi Police refused to comment on the interview

7 January 2013: 7 January: Delhi gang rape suspects appear in India court for a hearing as four Indian policemen have been suspended over the handling of another rape and murder case in the Delhi suburb of Noida

13 January 2013: 13 janvier: Nouvelle affaire de viol collectif dans un bus - 13 January: Arrests made in India's latest rape case as protests across India continue

31 January 2013: 31 January: Delhi High Court orders the government to ensure that all hospitals provide urgent medical attention to rape survivors or those injured in road accidents after the friend of Jyoti Singh criticised Delhi police for the slow response

31 January 2013 and Suryanelli rape case 1996: Suryanelli rape case 1996-2013 - 31 January 2013: 17 years later the Supreme Court set aside a Kerala High Court verdict acquitting 35 men accused of raping 16-year-old girl from Suryanelli in Kerala in 1996

3/9 February 2013: 3 February: Despite objections from women's groups saying the cabinet selected the recommendations of the Justice JS Verma commission, an ordinance coming into effect immediately on sexual assault is signed, which the Parliament has to decide within six months - 9 February: The Juvenile Justice Board in Haryana's Rewari district has convicted a 23-year-old man of rape and abduction and sentenced him ... to serve at a cow shelter for six months

9 February 2013 and Suryanelli rape case 1996: Suryanelli rape case 1996-2013 - 31 December 2012: Despite all the time that has passed since, there is no respite for the Suryanelli rape victim, who was brutally raped and treated as an 'object of pleasure' for 45 days, and then told by the perpetrators including congress leader PJ Kurien to return home and keep mum - 1 January 2013: Raped by 42 men in 40 days, the victim awaits justice sixteen years later - 9 February: India's 'painted' Congress has to decide how it handle its leader PJ Kurien, the Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, who has been identified by the survivor of Suryanelli rape case of assaulting her in Kerala in 1996 when she was a school girl - 9 February: Brinda Karat's letter to Vice President Hamid Ansari on allegations of rape against congress leader PJ Kurien

11 February 2013 and Suryanelli rape case 1996: 11 February: In Kerala's Kottayam district, the 33-year-old woman recounts how, when just a school girl, she was kidnapped, tortured and raped by 42 men in 40 days, saying that 'no party has forced me to take PJ Kurien's name' and that she has 'been repeatedly telling the police from the beginning that PJ Kurien raped me in the Kumli Guest House' - 11 February: The lone convict in the Suryanelli rape case 1996 reports that congress leader PJ Kurien (who has been exonerated by India's Supreme Court) was involved in it as claimed by the victim, telling journalists that he was pressured by the Kerala Police not to testify against the Congressman, and that the principal investigator had pressured him not to mention about Kurien's involvement, recalling that Kurien was spared the identification parade and confessing that in 1996 he drove Kurien to the Kumli guest-house where the gang-rape survivor says she was assaulted by Kurien

14 February 2013: 14 February: Delhi leads day of 'One Billion Rising' for women

18 February 2013 and Suryanelli rape case 1996: 18 February 2013: Painted Congress MP K Sudhakaran calls Suryanelli rape survivor a prostitute

21/24 February 2013 and Maharashtra child rape and murder case: 21 February 2013: In Maharashtra's Bhandara temper is rising among residents after police failed to make any arrest seven days after three minor sisters were brutally raped, murdered and thrown into a well - 24 February: School children hold silent protests over Bhandara rapes

25/26 February 2013: 25 February: Delhi woman harassed, shot and killed at bus stand, opposite police post - 26 February: BJP teams with Left against PJ Kurien chairing Rajya Sabha

2/3 March 2013: 2 March: Angry crowd gathers outside hospital in Delhi where seven-year-old girl being treated after reports that the girl was raped at a state-run school - 3 March: Five employees of MCD school suspended

4 March 2013: 4 March 2013: The Kerala High Court adjourned the hearing of the bail of the 17 accused in the Suryanelli gang-rape case to March 15

7 March 2013: 7 March 2013: Cried for help for two hours, says Delhi student who was gang-raped after taking an auto-rickshaw - 7 March 2013: A man in Kerala has confessed to having raped a three-year-old girl, who is in the intensive care unit of a hospital in Kozhikode

8 March 2013 and Suryanelli rape case 1996: 8 March: The family of the Suryanelli rape victim has alleged that the church where they pray has asked them to stay away

17 March 2013: 17 March 2013: After Swiss tourist gang-raped and her husband assaulted in central state of Madhya Pradesh, the Swiss embassy calls for swift investigation and furios Indian protesters in Bhopal condemn the deep-sleep of chief and interior minister

27 March 2013 and Suryanelli rape case 1996: 27 March: In a setback for PJ Kurien, a Sessions Court in Kerala ordered issue of notice to him on a criminal revision petition filed by the Suryanelli rape victim

April 2013: 18 April: Responding to a distraught couple whose six-year-old daughter had been raped and murdered, the police in Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh manhandled the mother and protesters and dragged the mother on the ground - 19 April: Campaigners in east Delhi have marched to the hospital where a five-year-old girl is in a critical condition following a rape - 20 April: Outrage over police inaction in Delhi child rape case - 21 April: Delhi protests continue over brutal child rape case, as doctors say the victim is in stable condition

July 2013: 12 July: College student allegedly raped, set on fire in Uttar Pradesh - 19 July: Woman, who was raped and set on fire in Etawah in UP, dies in hospital

August 2013: 23 août: Un viol collectif d'une femme photographe semblable à l'affaire de décembre 2012 - 24 August: A policewoman from Jharkhand gang-raped when she was returning with the body of her brother-in-law, a cop who was killed in a recent Naxal attack

September 2013: 1 September 2013: Outrage in India over first Delhi gang-rape sentence, allowing rapist - without calibrating his age to the nature of the crime - to walk free after 27 months in a juvenile detention centre

December 2013: 16 December: Year after Delhi gang-rape, rural women await justice - 29 December: India on Sunday marks 12 months since the death of Jyoti Singh on December 29 last year, nearly two weeks after an attack that sparked nationwide protests

January 2014: 23 January: A young woman tied to tree, gang-raped on orders of village council in Birbhum district

May 2014 Uttar Pradesh gang rape: 2014 Uttar Pradesh gang rape - 29 May 2014: After two Indian teenage sisters 'gang-raped' and killed, hundreds of villagers in Katra in Uttar Pradesh spent the rest of the day in silent protest over police inaction in the case

1 June 2014: Three detained suspects confess to gang rape and killing of girls - 1 June 2014: Sohan Lal says he wants justice, not money, after government of Uttar Pradesh offered him £5,000 following death of his daughters - 2 June 2014: Indian police fired water cannon at several hundred protesters demanding an end to violence against women outside the office of the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh - 3 June 2014: Indian gang-rape girl's family say associates of accused have threatened mob attacks on family

June 2014: 12 June: Possible rape victim found hanging from tree in Indian village amid string of brutal sexual assaults and as the government dismisses criticism from the UN - 12 June: Indian police in Uttar Pradesh reportedly gang-rape woman, seeking her husband's release, after she fails to pay bribe

2015: 2 January 2015: Number of rapes in Delhi up by a third in a year, 2,069 rape cases had been reported in the past 12 months in the Indian capital - 8 August 2015: After five women were killed in Kanjia in rural Jharkhand by villagers who purported they were witches, 50 villagers were arrested but reportedly 'the entire village was involved in the crime'

December 2015: 20 December 2015: Despite protests and condemnation from the victim’s parents, a convict in the gang-rape and murder of 23-year-old student Jyoti Singh - named 'Daughter of India' by Indian media in 2012 - on a bus in Delhi in December 2012 has been released from a youth correctional facility, has been given a new identity, and will receive help and training to become a tailor, after India's supreme court rejected an appeal against his release on Monday

2015/2016: 1 September 2016: Recent data released by the National Crime Records Bureau show that number of reported 'crimes against women' fell from 3,37,922 to 3,27,394, the number of rape cases fell by 5.7% compared to 2014

2016/2017: 3 January 2017: New Year’s Eve celebrations in Bangalore, which has become an IT hub, turned into a disaster as thousands of women were groped and sexually assaulted by mobsters and hooligans and as the police protection did not serve its purpose

2017: 2 July 2017: 35-year-old mother in Uttar Pradesh who survived an alleged gang-rape and four separate acid attacks since 2008 has again had corrosive liquid poured over her at a women’s hostel despite police protection

Manipur protests and death of journalist Nanao Singh December 2012: 23 December 2012: The journalist Nanao Singh (Prime News) was killed in police firing on the second day of the indefinite strike in Manipur called by a film body demanding the arrest of a Naga militant for allegedly molesting a film actress - 24 December: Media organizations (Manipur Hill Journalists Union, Indian Journalists Union, Electronic Media Forum Assam) condemn the brutal killing of journalist Thangjam Dwijamani Singh alias Nanao on December 23 during the police firing - 24 December: The National Union of Journalists and Journalists Association of Assam strongly condemn the police brutality - 25 December: Also the Journalist Federation of Assam condemns the killing of Nanao Singh and urges the Manipur government to probe the death - 12 January 2013: The National Human Rights Commission seeks an independent investigation report on the killing of the journalist Nanao Singh

26 December 2012: The number of deaths of journalists worldwide raise to 132 in 2012 as journalist Nanao Singh was shot dead by police amid anti-rape protests in India

Society, demographics, culture, social and ethnic groups and human rights in India: Indian society

Demographics of India: Demographics of India - Demographics of India by state - Social groups of India

Ethnic groups in India: Ethnic groups in India - Ethnic groups in India by state or territory

Nigerians in India: Nigerians in India form one of the largest African communities living and working in cities such as New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Goa and Jaipur

2017: 29 March 2017: Following a candlelight protest march for a 17-year-old who died Saturday, four Nigerian students were attacked and severely injured

Culture and languages of India: Culture of India - Languages of - India - Languages of India by state or territory - Languages of Northeast India - Lists of states of India by number of speakers of the languages - Language conflict in India - Linguistic history of India - Language education in India

Indian culture by state: Indian culture by state - Indian culture by community

Socio-economic issues in India: Socio-economic issues in India - Poverty in India - India State Hunger Index - Standard of living in India shows large disparity - Economic liberalisation in India - Corruption in India

2014: 24 July 2014: India's rich to quadruple wealth in four years and demand for luxury goods is on the rise

India State Hunger Index: India State Hunger Index

2012: 11 October 2012: India, which has shown strong economic growth, has a disappointing record on tackling the problem of hunger over the past decade, according to a report on world food production

Food Security Bill - passed in Lok sabha on 26th August 2013

Housing in India: Housing in India - List of most populous cities in India - Low income housing - List of slums in India - Homelessness in India

21 March 2013: 'Report on housing stock, amenities and assets in slums based on house listing and housing census 2011' says there are 19 cities where more than 25 per cent of households live in slums

Children in India: Children's rights in India - Street children in India

2011: 2011 Hunger and Malnutrition report

2012: 10 January 2012: Indian Hunger and Malnutrition report says nearly half of children under five were underweight - 4 March: UNICEF report highlights what is one of India's worst kept secrets, the state of the country's urban poor and the misery of children - 11 July: After a report showing food for children sold as feed for livestock, Maharashtra suspends anganwadi worker - 13 September: India has highest child mortality rate says UN 'Child Mortality Estimates Report 2012' - 3/10 November: Food worth crores for poor children siphoned off in Maharashtra and children's nutrition not spared from web of corruption, finds Supreme Court panel

2013: 6 March 2013: Around 75.000 children have gone missing in the last three years in India and are still untraced, the Rajya Sabha was informed - Bihar school meal poisoning incident 16 July 2013 - 18 July: Amid angry protests, the village of Masrakh in Bihar buried 22 children near the school where a free mid-day meal was served to them allegedly contaminated with pesticides

2015: 13 September 2015: Outrage as parents end life after death of seven-year-old son who had dengue and was reportedly turned away by some hospitals in Delhi

Child labour: Child labour in India - 12 June 2012: India's commitment to stamping out child labour challenged by discovery of another factory employing minors - 27. Juni 2012: In Indiens Grossstädten arbeiten Millionen von Kindern als Hausangestellte - 5 July 2012: India's street children bank on the future - 21 February 2013: According to the Impulse NGO Network some 70.000 children are currently employed in Meghalaya's nightmare coal mines, with several thousand more working at coal depots, because mine owners find it cheaper to hire children and the police take bribes - 21 February 2013: The children who work in India's rat-hole coal mines

Child marriage: Child marriage in India - 11 October 2012: Observing that more than 40 per cent of the child marriages in the world occur in India UN agencies urge India to end the 'harmful practice'

Women and women's rights in India: Women in India - Women's rights in India - Sexism in India

2017: 30 May 2017: India condemned for cuts to benefits, as campaigners warn of damaging effect of scaling back a maternal payment scheme introduced to stem high death rates among infants and mothers

Violence against women, rape, eve teasing, acid throwing and domestic violence in India: Violence against women in India - Rape in India - Eve teasing - Acid throwing in South Asia and India - Domestic violence in India

Women in agriculture in India: Women in agriculture in India

Discrimination against girls in India: Discrimination against girls in India - Female foeticide in India

Dowry system in India - Dowry death in India - Dowry law in India - 1 September 2013: One woman dies every hour due to dowry-related problems on an average in India, which has seen a steady rise in such cases between 2007 and 2011, according to official data

Education in India: Education in India - Culture of India - Languages of India

18 July 2012: India school faces inquiry for 'humiliating' poor children - 9 January 2013: New Delhi school is unique in trying to teach underprivileged as millions of children have no access - 18 January 2013: A nationwide survey on status of education in rural India has revealed that there has been a decline in the education standards across the country

Higher education in India: Higher education in India

Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation Programme - Nalanda International University's first academic session to start from 2014

2016: 17 February 2016: The arrest of Jawaharlal Nehru University’s student union leader Kanhaiya Kumar – charged with ‘anti-nationalism’ – is the latest repressive act by the BJP in the name of ‘Hindu-ness’ - 18 February: India’s Hindu nationalist government orders universities to display national flag amid struggle to contain protests

Health and healthcare in India: Healthcare in India - List of hospitals in India by state - Healthcare by city of India - Health in India

Women's health in India - Gender discrimination in India - Female foeticide in India

Malnutrition in India

2014/2015: 7 October 2014: India dengue fever cases 300 times higher than officially reported, study by USA and Indian researchers says - 15 September 2015: Dengue outbreak claimed five lives and affected 1,872 people even as the peak dengue period lay ahead and as the capital Delhi running out of hospital beds

2015: 23 September 2015: India's doctors blame air pollution for sharp rise in respiratory diseases

Public welfare in India: Public welfare in India - Welfare in India - bills and schemes - Subsidies in India

Sport in India: Sport in India - 4 December 2012: India has been suspended by the International Olympic Committee ahead of elections in which officials accused of corruption were set to be appointed - 5 December: India Olympics elections go ahead despite suspension - Controversies involving the Indian Premier League

Media of India: Media of India - Censorship in India

Communications in India: Communications in India - Information technology in India - Mobile network operators of India

Internet in India: Internet in India - Internet censorship in India - 25 February 2013: The Kerala cyber police filed cases against 111 people for anti-Kurien comments on Facebook - 24 March 2015: India's Supreme Court strikes down internet censorship law widely criticised as a draconian limit on freedom of speech

'Save Your Voice' movement against internet censorship in India: 'Save Your Voice' movement against internet censorship in India - Cartoons Against Corruption

Print media in India: Print media in India - Newspapers in India - Indian magazines - United News of India

Press Trust of India - Markandey Katju - 25 August: Markandey Katju's '90% Indians are fools' remark

Broadcasting and TV in India: Indian-language radio stations - All India Radio - FM broadcasting in India - TV in India - TV stations in India

2015: 3 March 2015: India bans TV stations from showing interview with man who raped student Jyoti Singh in 2012 in a documentary due to be simultaneously broadcast on Sunday, International Women’s Day, by BBC4 and channels in seven other countries, including India’s NDTV

Cinema of India: Cinema of India - Freedom of expression in India - 15 April 2014: Misconceptions and criticisms of Bollywood

2013: 25 February 2013: Bengali film, critical of Mamata Banerjee, blocked by regional censor board

2015: 6 May 2015: Actor Salman Khan, who ran over five men sleeping on a pavement in the upmarket Mumbai suburb of Bandra West, killing one, convicted of culpable homicide and sentenced to a five year jail term

Murder of journalists 2012: 30 December 2012: 2012 South Asia mourned the murder of 25 media persons, 13 journalists in Pakistan, five in India, three in Bangladesh, and two each in Nepal and Afghanistan, a report says - 25 August 2013: A journalist with a Hindi daily was shot dead yesterday in the Bakewar of Etawah district in Uttar Pradesh

2015: 10 June 2015: Indian journalist Joginder Singh set on fire after accusing minister over land grabs

Media ownership and advertising in India: Indian mass media owners - Advertising in India

Human and Fundamental Rights in India and judiciary: Human rights in India - Fundamental Rights in India - Judiciary of India

2015/2016: United Nations OHCHR monitoring India's compliance with obligations of human rights treaties

Freedom of expression in India: Freedom of expression in India

2013: 25 February 2013: Bengali film, critical of Mamata Banerjee, blocked by regional censor board - 25 February 2013: The Kerala cyber police filed cases against 111 people for anti-Kurien comments on Facebook

2014: 3 September 2014: High court tells ministry of home affairs to allow foreign fund transfers to Greenpeace India after crackdown by Modi government following an intelligence report accusing campaign groups of hurting India's economy by protesting against power projects, mining and genetically modified food - 22 September 2014: After a Greenpeace worker refused entry to India in a series of unfair treatments, after a leaked Indian intelligence report describing the organisation as 'a threat to national economic security' and after a Modi ban on Greenpeace donations, Indian government accused of systematic crackdown on charity’s activities

Social and ethnic groups in India, caste system and politics in India: Social groups of India - Social groups of India by state - Ethnic groups in India - Ethnic groups in India by state or territory - Caste system in India - Indian castes - Caste politics in India - Dalit - Dalit history

Caste related violence in India

2006: September 2006 Khairlanji massacre - 2006 Dalit protests in Maharashtra

2011/2012: 12 September 2011: Seven people killed as police opened fire on protesters of angry Dalit in Tamil Nadu state demanding the release of their leader - 29 September: 269 police and forest officials convicted of Dalit torture and abuse 1992 - 11 July 2012: Punjab landlords impose fine for talking to Dalits - 2012 Dharmapuri violence

2013: 2013 Marakkanam violence was a violent clash between Pattali Makkal Katchi(PMK) cadres and Dalit villagers at Marakkanam in Viluppuram district

2014: 19 October 2014: Fifteen-year-old Sai Ram, burned alive because of a stray goat, was just one of 17,000 Dalits to fall victim to caste violence in the state of Bihar

2016: 2016 Jat reservation agitation is a series of ongoing protests by Jat people across India especially in Haryana state seeking 'Other Backward Class' status for the community - 21 février 2016: Des violences ont éclaté dans l'Etat de Haryana, où les autorités tentent de freiner une crise liée au système de castes après une semaine de manifestations pour des emplois dans la fonction publique et pour des places dans les universités - 4 August 2016: Spike in violence against India’s Dalits by Hindu extremists sparks protests - 13 August 2016: India low-caste Dalits rise in protest

Naxalite: Naxalite - Category: Naxalite-Maoist insurgency - 12 April 2012: Italian hostage Paolo Bosusco has been freed by India's Maoist rebels after nearly a month in captivity - 11 July: Rights activists say 17 people killed by paramilitary police in Chhattisgarh state in June were local tribespeople and not Maoist rebels - among those killed were a 12-year-old girl, a 15-year-old boy and two 16-year-old school students

May 2013 Naxal attack in Darbha valley: May 2013 Naxal attack in Darbha valley - 26 May 2013: Around 250 Naxals in civilian clothes struck a convoy of Congress leaders during the party's Parivartan Rally in Chhattisgarh's Jagdalpur, killing at least 25 people - 10 June: Need peaceful politics and parties must work together in Maoist-hit areas, says PM Manmohan Singh at an all-party meeting in Delhi

2013: 3 July 2013: Jharkhand Police to review intelligence network after Maoist attack, that killed six policemen - 14 September: At least 14 Maoists killed in encounter with police in Odisha's Malkangiri district - 27 November: Four jawans reportedly killed in a Naxal ambush in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh - 7 December: Suspected Maoists, armed with weapons, kill mediaperson Sai Reddy in Chhattisgarh market

2014: 12 March: New massacre by Naxals in Chhattisgarh - 10 April: 2 CRPF jawans killed and four others injured in suspected Naxal attack on polling day Bihar - 11 May: Five police personnel were killed in a Naxal attack using a landmine in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra

Racism in India: Racism in India

2010: 31 March 2010: India clashes with Britain over Westminster's new Equality Bill which outlaws caste discrimination as a form of racism

2014: 29 January 2014 Death of Nido Tania - 7 February 2014: Death of student Nido Tania from India's north-east in New Delhi prompts calls for anti-racism laws - 3 May 2014: CBI drops murder charge in Nido Tania case

Hinduism, Hindu nationalism, Hindutva, Hindu political parties and paramilitary Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh: Hinduism is the major religion of India, with over 79.8% of the population identifying themselves as Hindu, while 14.2% of the population follow Islam and the remaining 6% adhere to other religions - Hindus by district in India - Hindu nationalism - Hindutva, or 'Hinduness', a term popularised in 1923, is the predominant form of Hindu nationalism in India and adopted by The Bharatiya Janata Party BJP as its official ideology in 1989 - List of Hindu political parties - Bharatiya Janata Party, a right-wing party with close ideological and organisational links to the Hindu nationalist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh - Yogi Adityanath's political controversies - Since 1925 Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, a right-wing Hindu nationalist, paramilitary volunteer organisation in India, that is widely regarded as the parent organisation of the ruling party of India, the Bharatiya Janata Party

2017: 5 April 2017: A Muslim man has died in Alwar in western India after he was attacked by hundreds of Hindu cow protection vigilantes, the latest attack in a spate of mob killings in the name of the revered animal, as gangs of 'cow protectors' have been implicated in killing at least 10 people in the past two years as the welfare of the animal has become an increasingly charged issue in Indian politics - 1 May 2017: Indian mob beats two Muslims to death over suspected cow theft

Religious and ethnic violence following partition of India in 1947: Religious conflicts in India - Religious violence in India since 1947 - Partition of India by the British Empire on 15 August 1947 - Radcliffe Line 1947, boundary demarcation line between India and Pakistan upon the Partition of India - Terrorism in India - Violence against Muslims in India

1947 Partition of Bengal: The Partition of Bengal in 1947 divided the British Indian province of Bengal between India and Pakistan

1971 Bangladesh Liberation War: 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War

Since 1947 Kashmir conflict: Since 1947 Kashmir conflict between India and Pakistan, India and Pakistan have fought three wars over Kashmir, including the Indo-Pakistani Wars of 1947, 1965 and 1999

Since 1947 Punjab conflict: Punjab conflict since the partition of India 1947 split the province and mostly Muslim western part of the province became Pakistan's Punjab province and the mostly Sikh and Hindu eastern part became India's East Punjab state

1984 anti-Sikh riots: Indian military 'Operation Blue Star' 3–8 June 1984 - Anti-Sikh riots 31 October 1984 - 3 November 1984

1987 Punjab killings: July 1987 Punjab killings of 34 Hindu bus passengers in Haryana state by Sikh anti-Government militants

1991 Punjab killings: June 1991 Punjab killings in Ludhiana district, where Sikh militants killed at least 80 to 126 passengers travelling in two trains

2013/2014: 27 February 2013: Three decades on since the 1984 anti-Sikh riots there has still been no closure, no justice - 4 February 2014: British military advice was given to India ahead of the June 1984 deadly attack on the Sikh Golden Temple

2015: 27 July 2015: Indian security forces battle an assault by attackers dressed in army uniforms on a police station in Gurdaspur near the Pakistan border, in which at least five people have been killed

1969 Gujarat riots: 1969 Gujarat riots and communal violence between Hindus and Muslims 1969, the first major riot that involved massacre, arson and looting on a large scale

2002 Gujarat violence: 2002 Gujarat violence

2011/2012: 9 November 2011: Indian court convicts 31 Hindu defendants over killings in 2002 Gujarat sectarian riots - 29 August 2012: Former BJP minister Maya Kodnani among 32 convicted in Naroda Patiya case

2014/2004: Ishrat Jahan case June 2004 in Gujarat - 7 February 2014: Central Bureau of Investigation has filed charges against four intelligence officials in connection with the 'staged' clash and killing of the female student Ishrat Jahan and three others 2004 in Gujarat

2015: 2 January 2015: Police in Gujarat faces widespread criticism after staging an anti-terrorism exercise featuring 'militants' dressed up as Muslims - 26/27 August 2015: India's Gujarat state hit by violent caste-related protests, as at least half a million members of the Patidar community rallied in Ahmedabad to demand changes to policies

2016: 2 juin 2016: Un tribunal indien a reconnu coupables jeudi 24 personnes du massacre de musulmans survenu en 2002 lors d'émeutes interreligieuses dans l'Etat du Gujarat - 17 June 2016: Eleven people jailed for life in India over 2002 Gujarat riots that left 1,000 dead

Assam conflict: Assam conflict - Kakopathar Massacre 2006 - 2012 Assam violence

2012: 25 July 2012: India death toll rises to 32 in Assam violence - 27 July: Congress forms panel on Assam violence - lost confidence - 27 July: India sends more troops to strife-torn Assam - 18 August: Northeast people fearing attacks flee Pune and Mumbai - 19 August: Security on high alert as tens of thousands flee southern Indian cities - 25 August 2012: Five people coming from a relief camp to buy groceries killed in fresh violence in Chirang district of Assam

2013/2014: 13 February 2013: Thirteen tribals, including five women, were killed in separate incidents of violence related to panchayat elections in Assam's Goalpara district on Tuesday - 29 April 2013: Curfew has been imposed in Malaipathar in Assam's Goalpara district amid violence in which four people have been killed - 18 January 2014: NDFB militants kill five people in Assam firing indiscriminately at passengers of a bus - 2 May 2014: In the middle of India's ongoing general election, Bodo separatists killed at least 10 villagers, including six women and two children, and injured others in Kokrajhar and Baksa - 4 May: 29 people have been killed so far in the violence in Lower Assam - 23 December 2014: Deadly attacks on Adivasi tribal migrants, largely tea plantation workers, blamed on banned National Democratic Front of Bodoland

2016: 6 août 2016: Le bilan d'une fusillade sur un marché bondé de l'Etat d'Assam s'est élevé à 15 morts, trois personnes ayant succombé à leurs blessures

Insurgency in Northeast India: Insurgency in Northeast India

Meghalaya - 4 June 2014: 35-year-old tribal Garo woman shot dead while resisting rape in front of her children by alleged militants in Meghalaya

2013 Muzaffarnagar riots: Since 27 August 2013: Riots between Hindu and Muslim communities in Muzaffarnagar district - 9 September 2013: Police names six politicians including four from the BJP for inciting the communal tension that has lashed Muzaffarnagar district - 31 October: Uttar Pradesh's government faces a fresh challenge after four people were killed in fresh violence in Muzaffarnagar

December 2013: 12 December: Supreme Court has expressed concern at media reports that 50 children have died due to the cold at poorly-maintained relief camps in riot-hit Muzaffarnagar - 22 December: Rahul Gandhi meets Muzaffarnagar riot victims at relief camps, says he wants to help them return home - 27 December: Uttar Pradesh government admitted for the first time that 34 children below the age of 15 died in the aftermath of the Muzaffarnagar September clashes as thousands now confront the winter in the refugee camps

2015: 19 January: 14 people arrested for arson in Bihar's Muzaffarpur after 3 killed in clashes following a boy's killing

Crime in India: Crime in India

Corruption in India

Violence in India

Violence against women in India - Domestic violence in India - Female infanticide in India - Rape in India

Human trafficking in India - Child trafficking in India

India Mafia

Crime in India by state or territory: Crime in India by state or territory - Indian states and territories ranking by crime rate

Terrorism in India: Terrorism in India

Terrorist incidents in India since 1987 - 17 August 2013: Lashkar terrorist Abdul Karim Tunda arrested by Delhi Police - 29 August: Yasin Bhatkal, believed to be co-founder of banned armed group Indian Mujahideen, arrested on India-Nepal border

Terrorism in India since 2001

2006 Mumbai train bombings

13 September 2008 Delhi bombings - Batla House encounter case 19 September 2008 - 25 July 2013: Delhi court convicted the lone accused arrested in the 2008 Batla House encounter - Shahzad Ahmed - of killing inspector MC Sharma

26–29 November 2008 Mumbai attacks

Bomb blasts in Mumbai 13 July 2011 - 3 April 2012: The US offers a $10m bounty for Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, the founder of Pakistan-based militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba, which is blamed for the 2008 Mumbai attacks in India - 21 novembre: Le seul tireur survivant des attentats de Bombay (Mumbai) 2008 a été exécuté à Pune - 26 November: Remembering 26/11 - families of 88 out of 164 killed yet to receive compensation

7 September 2011: Deadly terror attack at Delhi High Court

2013: Terrorist incidents in India in 2013

2013 Hyderabad blasts - 22 February 2013: 16 people have been killed and 117 injured in the twin blasts that ripped through Hyderabad's busy neighbourhood of Dilsukhnagar, among the injured a young man who survived 2007 Mecca Masjid blast - 22 February: India on high alert after deadly bombings

2013 Bangalore Bomb Blast - 17 April 2013: A blast rocked Bangalore's Malleshwaram, injuring 16 people, including 11 policemen and two teenaged girls

July 2013 Bodh Gaya blasts, Mahabodhi Temple complex - 7 July 2013: Two people have been injured in a series of blasts inside the Mahabodhi temple in Bihar

14 September 2013: A powerful bomb blast has killed nine labourers and injured about 21 other people in a busy area on the outskirts of Imphal

27 October 2013 Patna bombings - 27 October 2013: One person killed, 20 injured in serial blasts in Patna

2014 timeline of violence and terrorist incidents in India: India timeline of violence and terrorist incidents in 2014

May 2014: 1 May 2014 Chennai train bombing - 1 May 2014: Twin explosions at the Chennai train station kill a woman, injuring nine others - 28 December: Crude bomb exploded outside a busy restaurant in Bengaluru, killing a woman and wounding a man

2015 timeline of violence and terrorist incidents in India: India timeline of violence and terrorist incidents in 2015

January 2015 Ara Civil Court Blast: 23 January 2015 blast at the civil court premises of Ara in Bhojpur district killing and injuring several people, escape of two criminals under trial

July 2015 Gurdaspur attack: 27 July 2015 Gurdaspur attack, when three gunmen opened fire on a bus and then attacked the Dina Nagar police station in Gurdaspur district of Punjab, killing three civilians and four policemen

2015/1993: 30 July 2015: India carries out execution of Yakub Memon over 1993 Mumbai bomb attacks

Murder in India: Murder in India - People murdered in India by state or territory - Mass shootings in India

2011: NZZ 3. August 2011: Lynchmorde in Südindien - Dorfbewohner erschlagen zehn Menschen

2013 death of DSP Zia Ul Haq: 3 March 2013 death of Deputy Superintendent of Police Zia Ul Haq

5 April 2013: After the daughter's fight for more than two decades to get the killers of her father, Deputy Superintendent of Police KP Singh and 12 other innocent villagers brutally gunned down in a fake encounter in the Madhopur village of Gonda in Uttar Pradesh, three cops sentenced to death

2015: 8 August 2015: After five women were killed in Kanjia in rural Jharkhand by villagers who purported they were witches, 50 villagers were arrested but reportedly 'the entire village was involved in the crime' - 3 October 2015: In Bishara, near Delhi, fear and tension are both on the rise after a mob killed a man for eating beef

Human stampedes in India: Human stampedes in India

2008-2011: 2008 stampede at the Hindu temple of Naina Devi - 4 March 2010 stampede at Ram Janki temple in Kunda - 2011 Sabarimala stampede during an annual pilgrimage

2013: 10 February 2013 stampede during the Hindu festival Kumbh Mela

13 October 2013 Madhya Pradesh stampede - 13 October 2013: Scores killed and over 100 injured when a stampede broke out in a Hindu temple in the central state of Madhya Pradesh - 14 October: Outrage mounts in India as temple stampede toll hits 115 in Madhya Pradesh, the site of another deadly stampede only seven years ago

2014: 3 October 2014 Patna stampede - 3/4 October 2014: After deadly stampede during Dussehra celebrations people, including relatives of those killed and injured, protested against the administration at Ramghulam square near Gandhi Maidan and outside the Patna Medical College and Hospital

2015: 14 July 2015: At least 22 people killed in stampede during India religious festival in southern India's Andhra Pradesh state - 10 August: A stampede at a temple during a Hindu religious festival left at least 11 pilgrims dead and dozens injured in Deoghar in Jharkhand state

2016: 16 October 2016: Stampede and fatal crush on bridge kills more than 20 at Hindu ceremony near northern city of Varanasi also injuring 20 people

Collapsed buildings in India: Collapsed buildings in India

2013: 2013 Thane building collapse 4 April 2013 - 5 April 2013: 35 people, including 11 children, were crushed to death in Thane after an illegal building collapsed while under construction - September 2013 Mumbai building collapse - 29 septembre 2013: Le bilan de l'effondrement de l'immeuble de Bombay est passé dimanche à 60 morts

2014: 4/5 January 2014: At least 11 on-site labourers killed in Canacona building collapse - 30 June 2014: After a four-storey building came down in Delhi, killing 10 people, including five children, dozens trapped after a building collapsed in Chennai in southern India

2017: 11 May 2017: A wall has fallen on guests of an Indian wedding party who were sheltering from heavy rain in a tin shack, killing at least 24 people including four children and injuring many more

Explosions and fire incidents in India: Explosions in India - Fire incidents in India

1995: January-March 1995 Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd.'s Pasarlapudi blowout (Public Sector Undertaking of the Government of India), continuing for 65 days

1995: December 1995 Dabwali fire accident at the Rajiv Marriage Palace, where the local DAV Public School was holding its annual prize distribution, at least 400 people died in the fire, including many children, and another 160 were injured

1997: June 1997 Brihadeeswarar Temple fire in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, 48 people were killed and more than 200 people injured

2004: January 2004 Srirangam marriage hall fire, 64 people, including the groom, were killed, 33 others were injured

2004: July 2004 Kumbakonam school fire in Tamil Nadu, a total of 94 students of the primary section of the Krishna English Medium School were burnt to death in their classroom

2006: November 2006 Kolkata leather factory fire, generating a wave of criticism of the poor safety standards in place among the country's sweatshops, claiming the lives of at least ten people who were unable to escape because the doors were locked shut illegally

2009: October 2009 Jaipur oil depot fire at the Indian Oil Corporation in Sitapura Industrial Area on the outskirts of Jaipur, Rajasthan, killing 12 people and injuring over 200

2011: December 2011 Kolkata Amri Hospitals fire at Dhakuria in South Kolkata, 95 people, including members of the staff, died due to asphyxiation

2012: July 2012 Nellore train fire occurred when the Chennai-bound Tamil Nadu Express train caught fire near Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, at least 32 passengers died and 27 were injured

2012: September 2012 Sivakasi factory explosion at the Om Sakthi Fireworks Industries, which did not have a valid licence, in Sivakasi, 40 people were killed and more than 70 injured

2013: February 2013 Kolkata market fire in a five-storeyed marketplace in Kolkata, an estimated 19 people, who were mostly labourers working in the market were killed

2014: June 2014 Gas Authority of India Limited gas pipeline explosion in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, about 18 people reportedly killed and over 40 injured

2015: 12 September 2015: At least 89 people were killed and about 100 others injured at a restaurant in the town of Petlawad in Madhya Pradesh state when a cooking gas cylinder exploded and triggered a second blast of mine detonators stored illegally nearby

2016: 10 April 2016 explosion and fire at the Puttingal Temple in Paravur - 10 April: Scores killed in India as fire breaks out at temple in Kollam

Health disasters in India: Health disasters in India

December 1984 Bhopal toxic gas release: December 1984 Bhopal toxic gas release - International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal

2013 Bihar school meal poisoning incident: Bihar school meal poisoning incident 16 July 2013 - 21 July 2013: Pesticide found in fatal Indian school meal

Law enforcement in India: Law enforcement in India - Law of India - Legal history of India - Indian criminal law - Law enforcement agencies of India

Central Armed Police Forces: Central Armed Police Forces - Rapid Action Force - Border Security Force - National Security Guard

State Armed Police Forces: State Armed Police Forces

Central Bureau of Investigation: Central Bureau of Investigation

Judiciary and courts in India: Judiciary of India - List of High Courts of India - District Courts of India

Supreme Court of India: Supreme Court of India

2017: 3 January 2017: India’s Supreme Court has banned political candidates from seeking election on the basis of religion, caste or language, in a landmark ruling that has unclear but potentially far-reaching consequences for the way Indian politics is practised

Prisons in India: Prisons in India

Police brutality in India: Police brutality in India - Police misconduct in India

2011: 11 August 2011 (Indian Video): Police shooting at protesting and fleeing farmers in Pune (Maharashtra) - death of three farmers

2013: 12 February 2013: A Maharashtra Police report on the January 6 Dhule riots has indicted cops of firing 'in excess'. The communal riots in Machchli Bazaar in Dhule claimed six lives and more than 200 people were injured - 5 March 2013: The Punjab government has suspended two policemen and ordered a magisterial inquiry into the incident where a young woman was brutally beaten up by policemen in Tarn Taran near Amritsar - 3 April 2013: Thousands paid tribute to Sudipto Gupta, the 22-year-old student activist who died in police custody, outside the office of the Students Federation of India - 18 April: Responding to a distraught couple whose six-year-old daughter had been raped and murdered, the police in Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh manhandled the mother and protesters and dragged the mother on the ground - 25 April: The Supreme Court has asked the Delhi Police to explain why women protesters were slapped demonstrating outside the hospital where the five-year-old raped girl was being treated - 18 May: A man, named Balbir, injected with petrol and acid by police dies in Uttar Pradesh

2014: 24 January: Delhi police suspends three officers after a video, posted by Aam Aadmi party, showed them beating a man with sticks and taking money from his wallet

Foreign relations of India: Foreign relations of India

Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin: Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin

India/Afghanistan relations: India/Afghanistan relations - 4 October 2011: 'Strategic partnership' between Afghanistan and India signed by Karzai and Singh in Delhi - 12 November: Afghan President Karzai is in New Delhi, holding delegation-level talks with PM Manmohan Singh - 12 November: India and Afghanistan to intensify cooperation, especially in the sectors of agriculture, small business and mining - 3 August 2013: A suicide blast outside the Indian consulate in Jalalabad has reportedly left at least eight people dead and another 12 injured - 5 September: Suspected Taliban militants shot dead the Indian author Sushmita Banerjee, writer of a popular book about her dramatic escape from the Taliban in the 90s, in eastern Afghan province of Paktika - 23 March 2014: India's NDTV is joining a global voluntary boycott by international media of the Afghan Taliban after they murdered nine innocent civilians including five and three-year-old children in Kabul

India/Africa relations: India/Africa relations - Indian diaspora in East Africa - India–Africa Forum Summit since 2008

India/Australia relations: India/Australia relations

2011: 15 November 2011: Australian PM Julia Gillard backs uranium sales to India, a non-signatory of nuclear proliferation treaty - 4 December: Labour Party conference approves uranium exports to India

2012: 29 October 2012: Australian new migration policies target skilled population from Asia, including India

Death of Jacintha Saldanha December 2012 - 9 December: London hospital protests to the Australian network which broadcast the conversation with Jacintha Saldanha, who apparently killed herself - 9 December: As more than 300 people attended a memorial service for Jacintha Saldanha held in Shirva in India on Sunday, Australian media say it is not the time for 'hysterical finger-pointing' - Sunday 9 December: Scotland Yard today contacted Australian police over the death of Jacintha Saldanha - 13 December: One week later, London police says, Jacintha Saldhana was found hanging in her room. leaving three suicide notes - 17 December 2012: Jacintha Saldanha's funeral today

2013: 28 April 2013: Kate prank call nurse Jacintha Saldanha left a suicide note blaming the two Australian RJs Mel Greig and Michael Christian for her death - 1 September 2013: Jacintha Saldanha had received a series of prank calls from Australian radio station 2Day FM in the lead up to her suicide at a London hospital last December

2015: 4 March 2015: Royal hospital hoax call by radio station Fun 2day broke law, Australia's high court finds

India/Bangladesh relations: India/Bangladesh relations - Indians in Bangladesh - Bangladesh–India border - 1947 Radcliffe Line - India–Bangladesh enclaves - Sharing the water of the Ganges - Transport between India and Bangladesh

2001: 2001 Bangladeshi-Indian border skirmish

2011: 6 September 2011: Bangladesh and India today signed an agreement on demarcation of land boundaries - Teesta river waters treaty on hold

2014: 26 February 2014: Why are people in Bangladesh protesting the Bollywood movie Gunday

India/Belgium relations: India/Belgium relations - 24 January 2013: Steel and mining company ArcelorMittal has announced it will close a coke plant and six production lines in Belgium, in a move that threatens 1.300 jobs - 26 January: ArcelorMittal workers and police clash outside Belgium PM's house - 30 January: Some 2.000 steel workers protested plans to lay off 1.300 workers at several ArcelorMittal plants in Liege, wanting the regional government to intervene - 8 March 2013: Hundreds of Belgian steel workers have blocked a border crossing near the Belgian city of Liege to protest against planned job cuts by ArcelorMittal - 15 October 2013: Belgian steelworker suicide blames Lakshmi Mittal for job loss at a steel plant in the town of Liege

India/Brazil relations: India/Brazil relations

Since sixteenth century: Indian people in Brazil as part of the Portuguese Empire since sixteenth century

2012: 30 March 2012: A day after the 'Brics' summit, India and Brazil decided to step up efforts to push the UN reforms and signed six pacts

India/Burma relations: India/Burma relations - 18 October: Aung San Suu Kyi set for India trip in November - 13 November: Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is making her first visit to India after almost 40 years - 14 novembre: Aung San Suu Kyi devait rencontrer à New Delhi le Premier ministre Manmohan Singh

India/PR of China relations: India/PR of China relations

2012: 29 March 2012: With President Hu Jintao of China arriving for the 'Brics' meeting, the Indian authorities prevent Tibetans from staging anti-China protests, as paramilitary officers closed down the city's Tibetan neighborhoods - 20 October: For first time, soldiers who died in 1962 Indo-China war honoured - 19 November 2012: PM Manmohan Singh and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao met in Phnom Penh ahead of the East Asia Summit - Need for balancing India-China bilateral trade that hit a record $73.9 billion last year

2013: 25 April 2013: Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid has confirmed he will visit China on May 9 despite border friction - 10 May: China has not yet given any reason for the recent intrusion in Ladakh, says Salman Khurshid - 20 May: China and India will study new ways to ease tensions along their ill-defined border, Chinese PM Li Keqiang says in Delhi

India/Denmark relations: India/Denmark relations - 15 January 2014: Two men held over gang rape of Danish woman in Delhi

2016: 10 juin 2016: Cinq Indiens condamnés pour le viol d'une touriste danoise à New Delhi en 2014

India/European Union relations: India/European Union relations relations - 8 January 2013: Airbus pips Russia to seal 9.000-crore aircraft deal with India - 20 March 2013: EU foreign policy chief Ashton defends Italy's breach of trust over two marines on trial for murder in India - 19 August 2015: EU bans 700 generic drugs alleging manipulation of trials by GVK

India/France relations: India/France relations - 14 February 2013: French president in India with ministers and business leaders to push for contracts including fighter jets and a 9.900-megawatt nuclear power plant in the western coastal state of Maharashtra

India/Germany relations: India/Germany relations - Hindu–German Conspiracy 1914-17 - Indian 'National' Army, ally of Nazi Germany and imperial Japan - India in World War II - 11 April 2013: India and Germany sign six new pacts including a soft loan of 1 billion for strengthening the green energy corridor - 9 March 2015: Chair of biochemistry at the Leipzig university Annette Beck-Sickinger refused to give an Indian student an internship, saying it is 'unbelievable that Indian society is not able to solve' its rape problem, which demonstrates the attitude of society towards women and that 'many female professors in Germany decided to no longer accept male Indian students'

India/Iran relations: India/Iran relations - 23 January 2012: Indian authorities gave 'false intelligence' of a threat to his life, outraged Salman Rushdie says - 27 July 2012: India bans US-sanctioned Iranian ships from its waters - 28 August: Shaking hands in Tehran India's FM Krishna says that he hopes to boost mutual cooperation with Iran especially in the economic sector

India/Israel relations: India/Israel relations - 25 December: Dozens of members of the Bnei Menashe tribe in India said to be lost descendants of ancient Israelites have emigrated to Israel after the government lifted a visa ban

India/Italy relations: India/Italy relations - Italians in India

2012-2014: 2012 Italian Navy Marines shooting incident in the Laccadive Sea

2012-2014: Link to Finmeccanica VIP helicopter bribery scandal

2013: 14 February 2013: India halts payments to an Italian company pending the outcome of an inquiry into whether a $748 million helicopter contract was won by bribes paid to Indian government officials - 13 March 2013: India's PM warns Italy over absent marines not returning to Delhi despite commitment to face trial for shooting a pair of Indian fishermen - 20 March 2013: EU foreign policy chief Ashton defends Italy's breach of trust over two marines on trial for murder in India - 22 March: Italian marines charged with murder to return to India

2014: 18 March 2014: In case of VIP helicopters, a setback for India

India/Japan relations: India/Japan relations - Japanese people in India - Indians in Japan

1942-1945: Indian National Army fighting along with the Imperial Japanese Army in Southeast Asia 1942-1945 during World War II - 5/6 November 1943 'Greater East Asia Conference' in Tokyo

2015: 2 January 2015: Police hunt for suspects after Japanese woman held for three weeks and raped by gang near Buddhist site at Bodh Gaya, Bihar state

India/Kazakhstan relations: India/Kazakhstan relations - 3 December: State-run ONGC Videsh has agreed to pay about $5 billion for 8.4 percent of the Kashagan field in Kazakhstan

India/South Korea relations: India/South Korea relations - 1 February 2013: Korean tourist allegedly raped in Bandhavgarh reserve, the crime confessed by Deepak Vishwakarma, who told the police that he raped the student holidaying there

India/Luxembourg relations: India/Luxembourg relations - Steel company ArcelorMittal

India/Netherlands relations: India/Netherlands relations - Dutch India 1605-1825 - Dutch colony Coromandel 1608-1825 - Dutch colony Malabar 1661–1795 - Indians in the Netherlands - Netherlands India Chamber of Commerce and Trade NICCT is a non-commercial, voluntary association since 2003

2014: 22 September 2014: After a Greenpeace worker refused entry to India in a series of unfair treatments, after a leaked Indian intelligence report describing the organisation as 'a threat to national economic security' and after a Modi ban on Greenpeace donations, Indian government accused of systematic crackdown on charity’s activities

India/Nigeria relations: India/Nigeria relations

Indian-Nigerian commercial relations and oil trade

Nigerians in India: Nigerians in India form one of the largest African communities living and working in cities such as New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Goa and Jaipur

2017: 29 March 2017: Following a candlelight protest march for a 17-year-old who died Saturday, four Nigerian students were attacked and severely injured

India/Norway: India/Norway relations - 8 November 2012: Two children at the centre of a custody row between Norway and India have been ordered by a West Bengal tribunal to be returned to their mother

India/Pakistan relations, wars and conflicts: India/Pakistan relations - Indo-Pakistani wars and conflicts - Kashmir conflict - Siachen conflict - 2010 Kashmir unrest - 11 November 2011: India court shocked at Pakistanis held without charge, some for many years - 2013 India–Pakistan border incidents

'Sir Creek' strip of water dispute

2011: 26 July 2011: India and Pakistan prepare peace talks - 1 September: Kashmir border - India and Pakistan troops exchange fire - 10 November 2011: India and Pakistan PMs pledge 'new chapter' between the two nations

2012: 8 April 2012: President Zardari the first Pakistani head of state since 2005 to visit India for talks - 8 April: 'Relations between India and Pakistan should become normal, that's our common desire', PM Manmohan Singh says accepting an invitation to Pakistan - 25 April: Some days after India's last missile test the Pakistani military has successfully conducted a test of an upgraded intermediate-range ballistic missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead - 12 July: Pakistan willing to resolve bilateral disputes with India, FM Hina Rabbani Khar says - 2 August: India overturns ban on Pakistan investments - 20 August: Pakistan rejects India's charges on northeast exodus - 25 August: India, Pakistan MPs push for better ties, facilitating people-to-people contacts in crucial fields - 31 August: On the sidelines of the Tehran NAM summit Dr Singh met Mr Zardari urging Pakistan to speed up the 26/11 trials and to bridge the trust deficit between the two countries - 8 September 2012: India, Pakistan ink visa agreement and agree on forward-looking approach to normalise ties - promised action against the perpetrators of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks - 26 November: Violating the ceasefire yet again, Pakistan troops targeted 10 Indian forward posts by firing over 6000 rounds from heavy weaponry along the Indo-Pak border in Poonch district - 24 December: In a bid to ease border tension and ensure peace, army commanders of India and Pakistan after 14 years hold meeting - 25 December: LoC peace agreed in rare Pakistan-India army tryst

2015: 10 July 2015: In the first structured meeting since May 2014 India's PM Modi and his Pakistan counterpart Sharif held bilateral talks ahead of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit, announcing that PM Modi will be travelling to Islamabad in 2016

2017: 5 April 2017: USA's Trump’s Indian business partner Lodha is leading a campaign to raze a bungalow in Mumbai that was once the home of Pakistan’s founding father, in a dispute threatening to provoke a diplomatic row between Delhi and Islamabad

India–Pakistan border skirmishes: 2011 India–Pakistan border skirmish - 2013 India–Pakistan border skirmishes - 2014–15 India–Pakistan border skirmishes

January 2013: 6 January 2013: Pakistan, India accuse each other of violating Kashmir border - 6 January: Pakistani military says cross-border attack on Sawan Patra checkpoint in Kashmir left one soldier dead and one injured, happening on a day when both the Indian and the Pakistani national cricket teams are playing their third and the last of a series of one-day matches - 9 January: India condemns the 'inhuman' treatment of its two soldiers who it says were killed in an attack by Pakistani soldiers in the disputed territory of Kashmir - 10 January: India on Thursday rejects Pakistan's proposal for UN probe into the incident in which two Indian soldiers were killed across the Line of Control - 10 January: In yet another ceasefire violation across the Line of Control, Pakistan today fired at Indian posts in the Poonch sector, while Pakistani military says 'unprovoked' shooting caused death in Kashmir, just days after India blamed Pakistan for two fatalities - 15 January: Despite tensions, India begins visas on arrival for Pakistani senior citizens - 16 January: Ongoing tensions and alleged ceasefire violations across the line of control, as Pakistan's government has become under increased pressure by thousands of anti-corruption protesters in Islamabad demanding true democracy and after the Supreme Court has ordered the arrest of PM Ashraf in connection with a corruption case - 17 January: India's and Pakistan's director-generals of military operations reportedly agreed to de-escalate tension at the Line of Control in Kashmir - 26 January: Talks between Water Secretaries of India and Pakistan cancelled - 28 January 2013: Cross-border bus and trade services between India and Pakistan have resumed today from Poonch in Jammu

March-May 2013: 5 March: Pakistan PM Ashraf to make first visit to India for a day-long pilgrimage to the Ajmer Sharif shrine near Jaipur - 9 May: A Pakistani prisoner, who was attacked by a fellow inmate at a high-security prison in Indian-administered Kashmir following the death of an Indian prisoner in a Pakistani jail, has died in hospital - 12 May: Jammu and Kashmir's Omar Abdullah congratulated Nawaz Sharif for his party's performance in Pakistan's election, hoping that he will live up to his commitment to restart the peace process with India

August-October 2013: 6 August 2013 ambush in the Poonch area and reactions - 6 August: Five Indian soldiers have been killed by Pakistan soldiers who entered Indian territory in the Poonch area of Jammu and Kashmir, a sixth soldier survived the assault - 25 September: PM Manmohan Singh confirmed a bilateral meeting expected on Sunday with Pakistan's PM Nawaz Sharif on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly meet in New York - 26 September: Terror attacks, killing at least 12 people in a police station and an Army cantonment in Jammu and Kashmir, aimed at derailing India-Pakistan talks, Omar Abdullah says - 29 September: PM Manmohan Singh and PM Nawaz Sharif held their first official meeting in New York on Sunday and agreed that reducing violence and tension along the Line of Control in Kashmir will be a priority for both countries - 16 October: An Indian soldier was killed as Pakistani troops violated the ceasefire along the LoC and shelled an Indian post in Poonch district

December 2013: 25 December 2013: Indian army orders court martial proceedings against two officers and four soldiers for their alleged involvement in the 2010 Machil fake encounter case that had triggered a two month-long agitation

2014: 21 February: India slams Pakistan as Masood Azhar resurfaces in 2014, calling for 'jihad' against India at a rally

2016: September-November 2016 India–Pakistan military confrontation - 29 September 2016: Indian army says that troops conducted multiple nighttime raids across the line of control, the ceasefire line agreed in 1972 that divides the Himalayan region, killing two Pakistani soldiers - 1 October: Pakistan and India exchanged fresh fire across the Kashmir border while UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon offers to act as a mediator over Kashmir tensions - 14 November 2016: Pakistan says seven of its soldiers have been killed by Indian firing on the frontline of the contested Himalayan region of Kashmir, condemning what it described as 'continuous unprovoked' firing

2017: 14 May 2017: Indian and Pakistani troops exchanged fire in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir on Saturday, killing two civilians (a teenage girl and 51-year-old man) and wounding six others, officials say

Social movements and protests: 17 October 2011: India march over controversial anti-insurgent law

India/Palestine relations: India/Palestine relations - 6 August 2014: Indian TV shows Hamas rocket fired near Gaza hotel after reporter watched and filmed launch 'bang in the middle of what is a residential area full of apartment buildings'

India/Portugal relations: India/Portugal relations - Portuguese India 1505–1961 - Slavery in India under European colonial powers - Portuguese Conquest of Goa 1510 - Goa Inquisition 1560-1812 - 22 Indians killed by Portugal in the liberation of Goa 1961 ending 456 years of Portuguese colonial rule

India/Russia relations: India/Russia relations - Indo-Soviet Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation - Military relations - List of Russian military accidents since 1990s

2012: 13 June 2012: India can halt Russian arms flowing to Syria, activists say - 30 June: Russia will set up licensed production of tank and rocket artillery ammunitions in India, 'Rosoboronexport' says - 24 December 2012: Russia steps up arms sales to India

2013: Russian-made INS Sindhurakshak (S63) fire incident 2010 and on 14 August 2013 - 14 August 2013: Explosion and fire on Russian-built navy submarine INS Sindhurakshak in Mumbai, 18 personnel missing - 14 August 2013: INS Sindhurakshak was refitted in Russia's Zvezdochka shipyard recently

2015: 19 July 2015: India and Russia to jointly build 200 military choppers, in collaboration with Russian regime as part of intensification and diversification of their 'strategic ties'

2016: 15 October 2016: India and Russian regime signed billions of dollars of military and energy deals, including helicopters, missiles and war ships

India/Singapore relations: India/Singapore relations - Indians in Singapore

29 December 2012: The Singapore government extended its 'deepest condolences' to the family of the medical student who died in Singapore hospital on Saturday after she was assaulted in the Indian capital Delhi

India/South Africa relations: India/South Africa relations - Indian South Africans - Indian indenture system by European colonial powers - transportation to other colonies - Mahatma Gandhi and civil rights movement in South Africa 1893–1914

India/South Sudan relations: India/South Sudan relations - 20 December 2013: Three Indian peacekeepers killed at UN base in South Sudan

India/Sweden relations: India/Sweden relations - Bofors scandal

India/Switzerland relations: India/Switzerland relations - Indian black money in Swiss banks

2013: 16 October 2013: In a major boost for India and other countries seeking details on suspected black money stashed in Swiss banks, Switzerland has agreed to automatic exchange of information and mutual administrative assistance in tax matters

2013-2015: 16 March 2013: Swiss tourist visiting India gang-raped in Madhya Pradesh, her husband thrashed - 1 April 2013: Novartis loses Indian patent fight in landmark ruling protecting access to cheap generic versions of drugs - 21 July 2013: Six men accused of gang-raping and robbing a 39-year-old Swiss tourist on March 15 this year have been awarded life imprisonment - 26 May 2015: Two Indian women figure among scores of foreign nationals with Swiss bank accounts, whose names have been made public by Switzerland for being probed in their respective countries

India/Syria relations: India/Syria relations

India/Turkey relations: Australia/Turkey relations - November 1914 Ottoman entry into World War I 1914-1918 - Gallipoli Campaign 1915-1916, British-French failure after inhuman employment of the soldiers of Allies of World War I - Gallipoli campaign casualties, 'British empire' losses and casualties 252,000 humans, 'Ottoman empire' losses and casualties 218,000–251,000 humans - Anzac spirit

29 May 2015: Radioactive leak detected at Delhi airport, as four cartons containing nuclear medicine found damaged on a shipment from Turkey

2014-2018: First World War 1914-1918 centenary 2014-2018 - 25 April 2015: Up to 15,000 Indian soldiers fought alongside Anzacs with allied troops at Gallipoli, but their contribution remains relatively unrecognised in Australia and their homeland

India/Uganda relations: India/Uganda relations - India–Uganda economic relations

India/United Kingdom relations: India/United Kingdom relations

Since 1600 East India Company: Since 1600 East India Company, coming to rule large areas of India with its own private armies, exercising military power and assuming administrative functions

1757-1858 rule of the British East India Company: 1757-1858 rule of the British East India Company over parts of the Indian subcontinent

1858-1947 British rule in the Indian subcontinent: British Raj - British rule in the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947

1919 Amritsar massacre: Amritsar massacre (Jallianwala Bagh massacre) 13 April 1919, nonviolent protesters in Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar were fired upon by troops of the British Indian Army, as the civilians had assembled to participate in the annual Baisakhi celebrations, both a religious and cultural festival for the Punjabis, causing hundreds of deaths and approximately 1,100 wounded

1920-1922 'Non-cooperation movement': 1920-1922 'Non-cooperation movement' was a significant phase of the Indian independence movement from British rule, led by Mahatma Gandhi after the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre and aimed to resist British rule in India through nonviolent means

1930 Qissa Khawani Bazaar massacre: Qissa Khawani Bazaar massacre in Peshawar on 23 April 1930 was one of the defining moments in the non-violent struggle of the Indian independence movement and the first major confrontation between British troops and non-violent demonstrators in the then peaceful city, estimates at the time put the death toll from the shooting at nearly 400 dead and the gunning down of unarmed people triggered protests across India and catapulted the newly formed Khudai Khidmatgar movement onto the national scene

Since 1930s Rawalpindi mustard gas experiments: Beginning in the early 1930s and lasting more than 10 years, Rawalpindi experiments carried out by the British military on hundreds of Indian soldiers, sending Indian soldiers into gas chambers to experience the effects of mustard gas, hoping to determine the appropriate dosage to use on battlefields as many of the subjects suffered severe burns from their exposure to the gas, but illnesses caused by carcinogen not tracked

Since 1942 'Quit India Movement': 'Quit India Movement', a civil disobedience movement launched at the Bombay session of the All-India Congress Committee on 8 August 1942, demanding an end to British Rule of India but the British arrested tens of thousands of leaders, keeping them imprisoned until 1945 - British suppression of the 'Quit India Movement'

Since 1947 Partition of India: Since 1947 Partition of India, the partition of the 'British Indian Empire' that led to the creation of the sovereign states of the Dominion of Pakistan, which later split into Pakistan and Bangladesh, and the Union of India, it is believed that between 200,000 and 2,000,000 people were killed in the retributive genocide between the religions and UNHCR estimates 14 million Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims were displaced during the partition, the largest mass migration in human history

1984: Indian military 'Operation Blue Star' 3–8 June 1984 - Anti-Sikh riots 31 October 1984 - 3 November 1984 - 4 February 2014: Britain admits that military advice was given to India ahead of the June 1984 deadly attack on the Sikh Amritsar 'Golden Temple'

2012/2013: 10 juillet 2012: L'Inde achète des archives de Gandhi avant leur vente aux enchères à Londres - 26 July: White gunman Stapleton convicted of Bidve’s murder

Death of Jacintha Saldanha December 2012 - 9 December: As more than 300 people attended a memorial service for Jacintha Saldanha held in Shirva in India on Sunday, painted Australian media say it is not the time for 'hysterical finger-pointing' - Sunday 9 December: Scotland Yard contacts Australian police over the death of Jacintha Saldanha - 11 December 2012: The familiy of Jacintha Saldhana, who died in London, wants an independent inquiry - 13 December: One week later, London police says, Jacintha Saldhana was found hanging in her room. leaving three suicide notes - 23 December: The family of Jacintha Saldanha has assembled a set of 60 questions, which they have posed to the British hospital as well as to the parent company of the Australian radio - 2 February 2013: British prosecutors, the crown (!) prosecution service, will not press charges against two Australian DJs over the royal hoax call and its illegal and international broadcasting that preceded Jacintha Saldhana's suicide - 11 February 2013: Australia royal radio hoaxer back on air - 7 March 2013: The family of Jacintha Saldhana, who committed suicide after hoax call broadcasting, is struggling with the prospect of massive legal bills to uncover the truth

24 March 2013: British tourist fearing sexual assault 'shouted for help for an hour' before jumping from her hotel balcony in Agra

2014: 22 September 2014: After a British Greenpeace worker refused entry to India in a series of unfair treatments, after a leaked Indian intelligence report describing the organisation as 'a threat to national economic security' and after a Modi ban on Greenpeace donations, Indian government accused of systematic crackdown on charity’s activities

India/United Nations relations: India and the United Nations - 19 July 2013: India joins United Nations in observing International Mandela Day - 22 July 2013: As early as 2009 WHO had asked India to ban toxin that killed 23 school children in Bihar last week - 28 September 2013: Making a strong case for the reform of the UN Security Council to reflect current political realities, Indian PM Manmohan Singh says at the General Assembly that global peace and security issues must be handled through multilateral efforts

India/USA relations: India/USA relations

2012: 3 April 2012: A US judge approves a class action suit against Tata Consultancy alleging that the Indian firm unfairly kept the US tax refunds of Indian employees working abroad - 7 May: Hillary Clinton asks India to reduce oil imports from Iran to keep up pressure and to come clean about its nuclear program - 30 June: US push for more defence sales to India - 19 October: Wal-Mart is accused of violating India's investment rules in the growing retailing industry - 30 December: Woman accused of New York subway hate crime murder

2013/2014: 6 January 2013: Indian-Americans in Chicago, led by students of two leading universities, held a protest meet and candlelight vigil in memory of the raped and murdered Delhi medical student, demanding speedy justice - 6 juin 2013: Trois arrestations après le viol collectif d'une Américaine - 1 July 2013: Indian embassy among 38 'targets' spied upon by US National Security Agency - 24 July: Wal-Mart can't meet norms, Congress says - 28 September: Growing ties with US highlighted by Manmohan Singh after his meeting with Barack Obama at the White House - 9 October: US Walmart and India's Bharti end joint venture - 19 October: USA ship crew arrested and jailed for illegally entering Indian waters with a huge cache of arms - 31 October 2013: USA immigration bill rings alarm bell among Indian IT firms - 2013 Indian Deputy Consul General Devyani Khobragade's arrest - 10 January 2014: Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade allowed to leave USA after indictment under diplomatic immunity - 3 April 2014: Congress MP Ramachandra Rao among six persons charged in the USA in an international corruption scheme involving bribes worth $18.5 million to government officials in India to allow the mining of titanium minerals in Andhra Pradesh - 26 September: On behalf of two unnamed survivors Indian PM Modi summoned to answer human rights lawsuit in New York accusing him of human rights abuses during devastating religious riots in Gujarat in 2002

2015: 25 January 2015: Visiting India USA President Obama and India's PM outlined a deal to limit the legal liability of USA suppliers in the event of a nuclear power plant catastrophe - 27 January: In a speech to students in Delhi USA's Obama challenges India on women's rights and religious tolerance

2016: 4 March 2016: Indian government denies visas for a delegation from the USA Commission on International Religious Freedom, scheduled for a long-planned visit

2017: 24 February 2017: Indian-born engineer Srinivas Kuchibhotla was shot dead in a Kansas bar on Thursday by USA navy veteran Purinton reported to have shouted 'go back to your country' before opening fire - 28 February 2017: 'Down with Trump' signs and tears at funeral for Kansas shooting victim Srinivas Kuchibhotla near Hyderabad in India, as his mother says she fears letting her other son, Sai Kiran, return to the USA, where he also lives

Environment of India, environmental issues and policy: Environment of India - Protected areas of India - Environmental policy of the Government of India - The Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education is an autonomous organisation or governmental agency under the Ministry of Environment and Forests - Central Pollution Control Board of India is a statutory organisation under the Ministry of Environment and Forests

Environmental organisations based in India: Environmental organisations based in India - Centre for Science and Environment is a not-for-profit public interest research and advocacy organisation based in New Delhi since 1980 - The Green Movement in India is an emerging movement that stresses environmentally friendly practices and initiatives - Delhi Greens is a non governmental organization since 2007 for spreading the messages of green environment and sustainable development

2014/2015: 3 September 2014: High court tells ministry of home affairs to allow foreign fund transfers to Greenpeace India after crackdown by Modi government following an intelligence report accusing campaign groups of hurting India's economy by protesting against power projects, mining and genetically modified food - 22 September 2014: After a Greenpeace worker refused entry to India in a series of unfair treatments, after a leaked Indian intelligence report describing the organisation as 'a threat to national economic security' and after a Modi ban on Greenpeace donations, Indian government accused of systematic crackdown on charity’s activities - 12 January 2015: Greenpeace campaigner Priya Pillai stopped by Indian officials from travelling to the UK to talk to MPs about the impact of a coal mine on a village in central India

Environmental issues in India: Environmental issues in India

Air pollution in India: Air pollution in India - 3 June 2013: Urban Indians 'growing concerned about pollution' - 20 June 2013: Air pollution has become a curse for millions of city-dwellers in Asia, posing a mounting risk to the very young and very old, pregnant women and people with heart and respiratory problems, experts say - 17 July 2013: Pollution costs India $80 billion a year, World Bank says

Environmental issues in Delhi: Environmental issues and problems in Delhi are a threat to the well-being of the city's and area's inhabitants, as Delhi, the sixth-most populated metropolis in the world, is one of the most heavily polluted cities in India having for instance one of the country's highest volumes of particulate matter pollution

2013: 27 January 2013: Residents of the Indian capital of New Delhi are urging the government to take action against smog

2014: 29 January 2014: Delhi world's most polluted city, a Yale University study says - 8 May 2014: India admits Delhi matches Beijing for air pollution threatening public health - 27 November 2014: India’s environment court has slammed the government over the capital’s horrendous air pollution, which it said was 'getting worse' every day, and ordered a string of measures to bring it down

2015: 24 June 2015: Delhi’s appalling pollution has prompted fears that millions of youngsters will suffer serious health problems later in life - 3 November 2015: Delhi's air pollution is causing a health crisis as the city’s toxic air is linked to allergies, respiratory conditions, birth malformations and increasing incidence of cancers - 5 décembre: La pollution toxique pour la santé perturbe les compétitions sportives à Delhi - 16 décembre 2015: Les voitures de luxe au diesel interdites à Delhi par la cour suprême afin de de réduire la pollution dans la capitale - 31 December 2015: Delhi fortnight-long driving restrictions in force from New Year's Day in bid to clear pollution

2016: 1 January 2016: Delhi driving ban sees 'encouraging' start - 6 November 2016: Toxic air pollution in Delhi declared an 'emergency situation', Delhi’s schools closed for three days and building work halted, as harmful pollutants reach level more than 16 times safe limit - 7 November 2016: Residents and visitors to Indian capital Delhi are struggling to cope with severe levels of toxic air pollution as locals express their concern over the dangerous smog on social media, with some saying they have been forced to take their families out of the country's capital of air pollution due to concerns over their health

Environmental issues in Kolkata: Environmental issues in Kolkata, severely affecting its biophysical environment as well as human health, as air pollution, water pollution, garbage, and pollution of the natural environment are prevalent in Kolkata

Water pollution in India: Water pollution in India - Pollution of the Ganges

2016/2017: 22 February 2017: Why Yamuna river is dead and no improvement in water quality is reached - 14 April 2017: A spiritual festival held along Delhi’s Yamuna river in March last year despite warnings by the country’s environmental watchdog, drawing more than 3 million visitors including the Indian PM Narendra Modi, caused more than £5m of damage that could take 10 years to fix, according to a report

Illegal mining and mining scams in India: Illegal mining and mining scams in India

Uranium poisoning in Punjab: Uranium poisoning in Punjab

Solid waste policy in India: Solid waste policy in India

Deforestation in India: Deforestation in India

Natural disasters in India and climate change: Natural disasters in India - Climate of India - Effects of global warming on South Asia

Floods, mudslides and cyclones in India: Category: Floods in India

2004: 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami - Effect of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake on India

2009/2010: 2009 India floods - 2010 Indian floods

2011: Überschwemmungen im indischen Unionsstaat Assam Juli 2011 - 12 September 2011: Monsoon floods displace 1 million and submerge villages in Orissa state - 26 September 2011: Indian floods situation worsens in Orissa and Bihar - December 2011 Cyclone Thane

2012: 29 June 2012: Almost one million people have been forced to leave their homes by floods in India as torrential rains lash the north-eastern state of Assam - 2012 Brahmaputra floods - 25 August: Heavy rains pound North India, five die in Jammu - 25 September: Half the state of Assam flood hit - 26 September: While half of Assam is under water and people in his state is struggling to survive, Chief Minister Gogoi tours Japan - October 2012 Cyclone Nilam

2013: 2013 North India floods - 17 June 2013: At least 10 people have died after incessant rains in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, officials say - 19 June: Flash flooding from early monsoon rains have killed at least 120 in northern India, officials say - 26 June: Air Force tribute to officers who died in Uttarakhand's rescue operations, where flash floods and landslide have killed at least 1,000 since June 15 - Cyclone Phailin October 2013 - 13 October: Timely precautions and massive evacuation operations in India prevent cyclone Phailin catastrophe - 16 October: Cyclone Phailin, which killed 28 people, brought floods and devastation in 16,000 villages, affecting over 1.2 crore people - 26 October: Flood situation turned grim on Saturday with at least 42 people having lost their lives and thousands evacuated in the last four days in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha - Cyclone Helen November 2013 - 23 November: Cyclone Helen kills six people and causes heavy crop damage in Andhra Pradesh

2014: July 2014 landslide in the village of Malin in the Pune district - 31 July 2014: Deadly mudslide site in Malin village, Maharashtra state attended by almost 300 rescue workers - September 2014 Pakistan - India floods - Jammu and Kashmir Floods September 2014 and Indian Armed Forces - 25 September 2014: Assam flood death toll rises to 36, 13 districts and hundred of thousands affected - 29 September: Floods and landslides in Assam and Sikkim states in northeastern India - October 2014 Cyclone Hudhud

2015: June 2015 Gujarat cyclone and flood - July 2015 Gujarat flood - 1 August 2015: 21 people missing after mudslide triggered by torrential monsoon rains in India’s remote mountainous north-eastern region - 3 August 2015: Heavy monsoon rains have killed more than 100 people in India in the past week and forced tens of thousands of people to take shelter in state-run relief camps in West Bengal - 5 August: Derailment of 2 trains at Harda in connection with flash floods kills 27 people - 7 September 2015: Five people died in the Assam floods taking the toll in the current wave to 41 even as the situation in the state remained grim - November/December 2015 South Indian floods - 2 December 2015: Chennai drowns in deluge of water, completely disrupting normal life - 4 December: Thousands flee Chennai floods amid rising fears

2016: 22 June 2016: Farmers in east India are calling for action from the government after at least 93 people died in lightning storms across the country in two days

Droughts and heatwaves in India: Drought in India - Fresh water withdrawal - 4 August 2012: Drought fears loom in India as monsoon stalls

2013: 2013 drought in Maharashtra - 2 January 2013: Maharashtra fights severe drought, villages migrate in search of water - 17 February: Parli power plant in Beed district shuts down after severe water crisis

2015: April-May 2015 India heat wave affecting multiple Indian states and regions, such as Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Bihar and Jharkhand - 25 May 2015: India heatwave kills more than 500 people - 28 May 2015: India suffers one of the worst bouts of hot weather, with more than 1,000 heat-related deaths in southern state of Andhra Pradesh alone - 2 June 2015: India's earth sciences minister blames climate change for deadly heatwave but Modi government says it will not bow to foreign pressure to curb carbon - 3 June: India heatwave's death toll passes 2,500 as victim families fight for compensation

2016: 20 April 2016: Indian drought 'affecting 330 million people' after two weak monsoons, as the country reels from severe water shortages and desperately poor farmers suffer crop losses

2016 Indian heat wave: 2016 Indian heat wave - 30 April 2016: With sizzling temperatures claiming more than 300 lives this month in India, authorities try to prevent accidental fires that have killed nearly 80 more people - 20 May 2016: Phalodi, in the desert state of Rajasthan, is suffering an unprecedented medical crisis as a result of the record temperatures over 50C - 17 June 2016: As 68% of India's 1.3 billion population are farmers, 2016 drought leaves land parched and cattle emaciated, after two consecutive years of weak monsoons severe water shortages affected about 330 million in India, also causing devastating crop losses

Wildfires in India: Forest Fires in India

2016: April/May 2016 Uttarakhand forest fires - 1 May 2016: Worst-affected Uttarakhand forest fire districts include Chamoli, Pauri, Rudraprayag, Tehri, Uttarkashi, Almora, Pithoragarh and Nainital

Earthquakes in India and neighboring states: Earthquakes in India

2011: 2011 Sikkim earthquake

2015: April 2015 Nepal earthquake - October 2015 Hindu Kush earthquake - December 2015 Hindu Kush earthquake

2016: Januar 2016 Northeast India earthquake - 4 January 2016: A 6.7-magnitude earthquake rocked India's northeastern states and adjoining Myanmar, Bangladesh and Bhutan, killing 6 people and injuring over 50

Kashmir - Geography of 'princely state' Kashmir and Jammu 1846–1952 - History of Kashmir - History of India - Demographics of Kashmir - Demographics of Kashmir Valley - Kashmir Valley has a Muslim majority population, Islam is practiced by 97% of the population and the valley has also small communities of Hindu Kashmiri Pandits and Sikhs

Partition of India 1947 and Kashmir confict: Partition of India 1947 by the United Kingdom - Indo-Pakistani War of 1947 (First Kashmir War) - Line of Control - Simla Agreement 1972

United Nations, Kashmir conflict and Security Council resolutions: United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan - Timeline of the Kashmir conflict - United Nations Security Council Resolution 47 - UN Security Council resolutions concerning the Kashmir conflict

Kashmir conflict and Kashmir separatist movement: Kashmir conflict - List of political parties in Kashmir in 1947 - Kashmir separatist movement

2017: 22 May 2017: A serious rift has emerged within the decades-old insurgency against Indian rule in Kashmir, with militant commander Zakir Musa vowing to establish a Islamic system in the disputed Himalayan region and repudiating the goal of an independent nation

Aksai Chin: Aksai Chin is the disputed border area between China and India, administered by China as part of Hotan County, which lies in the southwestern part of Hotan Prefecture of Xinjiang Autonomous Region, it is also claimed by India as a part of the Ladakh region of the state of Jammu and Kashmir - Line of Actual Control, demarcation line that separates Indian-controlled territory from Chinese-controlled territory

2013: 13 October 2013: China and India signed a deal aimed at soothing tension on their contested border, as the two nuclear-armed giants try to break a decades-old stalemate on overlapping claims to long remote stretches of the Himalayas

Azad Kashmir: Azad Kashmir, a self-governing administrative division of Pakistan bordering of the Indian-administered state of Jammu and Kashmir, and previously part of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, which ceased to exist as a result of the first Kashmir war fought between India and Pakistan in 1947 - Districts of Azad Kashmir - Demographics of Azad Kashmir - Ethnic groups of Azad Kashmir

Economy of Azad Kashmir: Economy of Azad Kashmir

Politics of Azad Kashmir: Politics of Azad Kashmir - Elections in Azad Kashmir - Government of Azad Kashmir

Gilgit-Baltistan: Gilgit Baltistan, the northernmost administrative territory in Pakistan, bordering Azad Kashmir to the south, the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to the west, the Wakhan Corridor of Afghanistan to the north, the Xinjiang region of China, to the east and northeast, and the Indian-administered state of Jammu and Kashmir to the southeast, it is part of the Kashmir region that is disputed by India and Pakistan

Economy of Gilgit-Baltistan: Economy of Gilgit-Baltistan - Diamer-Bhasha Dam - Khunjerab Railway

Politics of Gilgit-Baltistan: Politics of Gilgit-Baltistan

Jammu and Kashmir: Jammu and Kashmir - Jammu, one of the three administrative divisions within Jammu and Kashmir - Jammu, the largest city in the Jammu Division and the winter capital of state of Jammu and Kashmir - Kashmir Valley - Districts of Jammu and Kashmir - Demographics of Jammu and Kashmir - Languages of Jammu and Kashmir - Kashmiri language - Dogri language - Religion in Jammu and Kashmir

Economy of Jammu and Kashmir: Economy of Jammu and Kashmir

2012: 25 November 2012: Bitter homecoming for cross-border families in Kashmir

Politics of Jammu and Kashmir: Politics of Jammu and Kashmir - Elections in Jammu and Kashmir - State Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir - Lok Sabha constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir - Political parties in Jammu and Kashmir - Government of Jammu and Kashmir

Education: Education in Jammu and Kashmir

Media: Media of Jammu and Kashmir

Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir: Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir

Crime in Jammu and Kashmir: Crime in Jammu and Kashmir

Human rights abuses in Jammu and Kashmir: Human rights abuses in Jammu and Kashmir

2017: 29 May 2017: India’s army chief Bipin Rawat accused of sanctioning the use of human shields after he defended soldiers in southern Kashmir who tied a civilian to their 4x4 to deter violent protests, saying Kashmir is a 'dirty war’ that requires 'innovations’

Terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir: Terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir

Since 1947 Indo-Pakistani wars and ongoing conflicts: Indo-Pakistani wars and conflicts

2011: 1 September 2011: Kashmir border deaths spark India and Pakistan row - 1 September 2011: Kashmir border - India and Pakistan troops exchange fire

2013: 6 January 2013: Pakistan, India accuse each other of violating Kashmir border - 6 January: Pakistani military says cross-border attack on Sawan Patra checkpoint in Kashmir left one soldier dead and one injured, happening on a day when both the Indian and the Pakistani national cricket teams are playing their third and the last of a series of one-day matches - 8 January: Indian army spokesman says two Indian soldiers are fired upon by Pakistani troops in Indian-administrated Kashmir - 10 January: India on Thursday rejects Pakistan's proposal for UN probe into the incident in which two Indian soldiers were killed across the Line of Control - 10 January: In yet another ceasefire violation across the Line of Control, Pakistan today fired at Indian posts in the Poonch sector, while Pakistani military says 'unprovoked' shooting caused death in Kashmir, just days after India blamed Pakistan for two fatalities - 15 February: India kills Pakistani soldier who crossed Line of Control

2014/2015: 2014–2015 India–Pakistan border skirmishes

2015: 2015 India–Pakistan border skirmishes - 1 January 2015: Five people dead in New Year's Eve clashes on India-Pakistan border, including four Pakistani interior-ministry troops, ending a year in which clashes between the neighbors have escalated - 4 January 2015: Pakistani shelling killed Jammu woman Toshi Devi, over a dozen wounded in the cross-border firing and residents shifted - 6 January: Thousands flee homes in Kashmir as India-Pakistan clashes spread - 5 August 2015: Two BSF jawans and a militant killed when militants attacked a Border Security Force convoy in Udhampur district, also holding two villagers as hostage - 16 August: Eight people killed in renewed firing along disputed Kashmir border - 19 August: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon voices alarm at the latest upsurge in violence along the disputed border of India and Pakistan in Kashmir and urged restraint on the part of both governments

2016: 18 September 2016: Seventeen Indian soldiers and four militants killed in Kashmir attack, as army helicopters evacuate 20 soldiers injured in an early morning raid on an army camp near the disputed border with Pakistan - 29 September 2016: Indian army says that troops conducted multiple nighttime raids across the line of control, the ceasefire line agreed in 1972 that divides the Himalayan region, to attack militants

October/November 2016: 1 October 2016: Pakistan and India exchanged fresh fire across the Kashmir border while UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon offers to act as a mediator over Kashmir tensions - 1 November 2016: India and Pakistan on Tuesday tallied at least 13 deaths in recent firing across their disputed border in Kashmir

Since 2010 Kashmir unrest (ongoing): 2010 Kashmir unrest - 24 November 2011: After the Army had claimed to have killed militants in an encounter on the Line of Control in Machil sector 2010, it was established that they were not militants, but civilians

2012: 11 February 2012: Massive protests erupted in Baramulla district of north Kashmir over alleged killing of civilian in firing by army - 6 July: Encounter in north Kashmir - one militant killed, four security personnel injured - 24 November: A Jaish-e-Muhammed militant has been killed in ongoing Sopore encounter in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district - 28 December: Seven villagers were injured as security forces opened fire on protesters in Kashmir's Pulwama district sparking off protests in Pulwama and the killing of two people

2013: 9 February 2013: Opposition Peoples Democratic Party expressed disappointment over the hanging of Indian parliament attack convict Afzal Guru and appealed to the people of Kashmir to exercise restraint - Criticism About the Glaring Denial of Last Available Legal Relief to Afzal Guru - 11/15 February: After three people have died and around 100 people have been injured during protests at the execution of Afzal Guru curfew is still in place in all the 10 districts of the Kashmir valley - 1 March 2013: Uproar in Jammu and Kashmir assembly over Afzal Guru's hanging - 6 March: The Kashmir Valley is on edge after a young man was allegedly killed by the army in Baramulla - 8 March: More than 50 civilians, police and CRPF personnel were injured during clashes in Jammu and Kashmir - 13 March 2013: Five paramilitary police were killed and another six injured in an attack by militants on a CRPF camp in Srinagar - 26 April: In a major strike, militants today killed four policemen in Sopore area of Baramulla district in North Kashmir - 9 May: A Pakistani prisoner, who was attacked by a fellow inmate at a high-security prison in Indian-administered Kashmir following the death of the Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh, has died in hospital - 25 December 2013: The army orders court martial proceedings against two officers and four soldiers for their alleged involvement in the 2010 Machil fake encounter case that had triggered a two month-long agitation

2014: 2014 Kashmir Valley attacks

2015: 6 January 2015: Thousands flee homes in Kashmir as India-Pakistan clashes spread

2016: July/August 2016 Kashmir unrest 11 July 2016: Protests in Kashmir triggered by the death of popular independence leader Burhan Wani at the hands of Indian forces continued into a third day, after an estimated 100,000 people are thought to have attended his funeral - 11 juillet 2016: Trois jours de violences au Cachemire font 30 morts et près de 300 personnes, dont 100 policiers, ont été blessées - 14 August: Curfew, restrictions imposed across Kashmir in the wake of Pakistan's Independence Day, as 57 people including 55 civilians and two policemen have been killed in the ongoing violence - 16 August 2016: Indian forces in Indian-controlled Kashmir have shot five civilians dead and injured at least 15 others as clashes with anti-India protesters intensified

September 2016: 16 September 2016: After more than 80 civilians have died and thousands have been injured in the region’s bloodiest summer in five years, police in Indian-controlled Kashmir have detained prominent activist Khurram Parvez hours after he was blocked from boarding a flight to Geneva to attend a UN human rights council summit

April 2017: 9 April 2017: State and paramilitary police fired bullets and shotgun pellets on thousands of Kashmir poll protesters in Budgam district during a byelection, who were shouting slogans against Indian rule, killing six civilians and wounding 70

May 2017: 29 May 2017: India’s army chief Bipin Rawat accused of sanctioning the use of human shields after he defended soldiers in southern Kashmir who tied a civilian to their 4x4 to deter violent protests, saying Kashmir is a 'dirty war’ that requires 'innovations’

July 2017: 10 July 2ß17: Seven Hindu pilgrims have died in a firefight between militants and police in Kashmir in the southern district of Anantnag

Indonesia - Geography of Indonesia - History of Indonesia - Demographics of Indonesia

Java - Sumatra - Borneo - Kalimantan - Sulawesi - Lesser Sunda Islands - New Guinea - West Papua (region) - West Papua (province) - Papua (province) - Maluku Islands

Economy of Indonesia: Economy of Indonesia - main industries include petroleum and natural gas, mining, cement, chemical fertilizers, machinery, electronics, hardware, software, telecommunications, plywood, rubber, textiles, apparel, footwear, food, tourism - Structure of the economy - Companies of Indonesia by industry - Indonesian Aerospace

Agriculture in Indonesia: Agriculture in Indonesia - Rice production in Indonesia - Coffee production in Indonesia - Coconut production in Indonesia

Forestry, flora and fauna in Indonesia: Forestry in Indonesia - Flora of Indonesia - Fauna of Indonesia - Deforestation in Indonesia - Deforestation in Borneo

Fishing and aquaculture in Indonesia: Fish of Indonesia - Aquaculture in Indonesia - Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries

27 March 2015: Migrant workers dumped on islands after being abandoned by boat captains when Indonesia banned foreign fishing

Tourism in Indonesia: Tourism in Indonesia - Visitor attractions in Indonesia - List of national parks of Indonesia - List of World Heritage Sites in Indonesia - Candi of Indonesia

Urbanization in Indonesia: Urbanization in Indonesia

Banking and banks in Indonesia: Banking in Indonesia - Banks in Indonesia

Economic history of Indonesia and business cycles: Economic history of Indonesia since 1945

Poverty in Indonesia: Poverty in Indonesia

Military of Indonesia: Indonesian National Armed Forces

Taxation in Indonesia: Taxation in Indonesia

Politics of Indonesia: Politics of Indonesia - Preparatory Committee for Indonesian Independence since August 1945 - Proclamation of Indonesian Independence 17 August 1945 - Constitution of Indonesia of 1945/1959

Political parties in Indonesia: Political parties in Indonesia

Elections and politics in Indonesia: Elections in Indonesia

2009 Indonesian legislative and presidential elections: Indonesian legislative election 2009 - Indonesian presidential election 2009

April 2014 Indonesian legislative election: Indonesian legislative election 9 April 2014 - 9 April: Indonesians vote for new parliament

July 2014 Indonesian presidential election: Indonesian presidential election 9 July 2014 - 9 July: Referring to quick count results Joko Widodo in front with 52.74% against Prabowo's 47.26 % - 12 July: Both candidates, Joko Widodo and Subianto, claim victory in presidential election - 18 July: Indonesians rally to protect presidential vote from rigging - 22 July: Joko Widodo set to be declared next Indonesian president as rival candidate withdraws from electoral process hours before official announcement that Jokowi won race with 53% of vote - 26 September 2014: Indonesia's parliament voted Friday to scrap direct elections for local leaders, despite angry protests

October 2014: 20 October: Indonesia’s Jokowi sworn in as president elected from outside military and political elite for first time

2015: 24 September 2015: Indonesia, the world’s fifth largest emitter of greenhouse gases, has submitted its post-2020 climate action plan ahead of the 2015 UN climate summit in Paris as Indonesia’s 2015 fire outbreaks following slash and burn practices reportedly produce more daily emissions than entire USA economy

Social movements and protests: Trade unions in Indonesia - Protests in Indonesia

2008: 23 April 2008: A coalition of Indonesian women's groups is calling on the government to change the nation's marriage laws and abolish polygamy

2012: 3 October 2012: An estimated two million factory workers are gathering nationwide to protest against unsuitable work conditions - 3 October: More than two million striking factory workers demand better benefits and protest the hiring of contract workers - factory workers in Indonesia earn an average basic salary of just over $120 a month, the cost of living is increasing - 22 November: Tens of thousands protest in Jakarta demanding a higher minimum wage, better working conditions and an end to outsourcing as unrest in southeast Asia's largest economy amplifies

2013: 6 February 2013: Tens of thousands rally in capital Jakarta against government plans to delay its planned increase of minimum wages - 31 octobre: Les Indonésiens en grève afin de réclamer une hausse du salaire minimum, l'un des plus faibles au monde malgré une économie en pleine expansion

2014: 26 September 2014: Angry protests and criticism that Indonesia will roll back a key democratic reform of the post-Suharto era after parliament voted to scrap direct elections for local leaders

2016: 2 December 2016: Viewed as a test of religious tolerance for Indonesia, where minorities have increasingly come under attack in recent years, as critics accuse opponents of Christian governor Purnama of the Indonesian capital, also a member of Indonesia’s ethnic Chinese minority, of whipping up anger and encouraging the protests to reduce his support ahead of February polls for the governorship, and as national police chief Karnavian calls for the protesters to support the legal process in the blasphemy case, a crowd of about 200,000 Muslim protesters descends on Jakarta to demand Purnama be arrested for insulting Islam, after he accused opponents of using a Koranic verse that suggests Muslims should not choose non-Muslims as leaders - 2 December 2016: Indonesia police arrest eight people before anti-Ahok Jakarta protest

May 2017: 10 May 2017: The jailing of Jakarta’s Christian governor Purnama on blasphemy charges has sparked outrage from his supporters in Indonesia, rights organisations and the EU

Society, demographics, culture and human rights in Indonesia: Indonesian society - Human rights in Indonesia

Provinces of Indonesia: Provinces of Indonesia - Subdivisions of Indonesia

List of cities in Indonesia: List of cities in Indonesia - List of regencies and cities of Indonesia - List of Indonesian cities by population

Jakarta: Jakarta, officially the 'Special Capital Region of Jakarta', located on the northwest coast of the world's most populous island of Java and the country's economic, cultural and political centre with a population of 10,075,310 as of 2014

2017 Jakarta gubernatorial election: 15 February and 19 April 2017 Jakarta gubernatorial election

April/May 2017: 20 April 2017: Indonesian prosecutors call for Jakarta’s outgoing Christian governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama to face two years’ probation for allegedly insulting Islam - 9 May 2017: Jakarta’s Christian governor Purnama jailed for two years Tuesday, in a shock decision stoking concerns over rising religious intolerance in the world’s most populous Muslim-majority nation, after being found guilty of blasphemy for referencing Qur’an verse

Demographics and ethnic groups of Indonesia: Demographics of Indonesia - Ethnic groups in Indonesia

Culture of Indonesia: Culture of Indonesia - Indonesian culture by province - Languages of Indonesia - List of endangered languages in Indonesia

Architecture of Indonesia: Architecture of Indonesia

Education in Indonesia: Education in Indonesia - Education in Indonesia by province

Science and technology in Indonesia: Science and technology in Indonesia - Center for International Forestry Research - Space program of Indonesia - SETARA Institute's research on democracy, political freedom and human rights

Health in Indonesia: Health in Indonesia

20 June: Air pollution has become a curse for millions of city-dwellers in Asia, posing a mounting risk to the very young and very old, pregnant women and people with heart and respiratory problems, experts say

Women in Indonesia: Women in Indonesia - Polygamy in Indonesia - 23 April 2008: A coalition of Indonesian women's groups is calling on the government to change the nation's marriage laws and abolish polygamy

Media of Indonesia: Media of Indonesia - Newspapers in Indonesia

Internet in Indonesia: Internet in Indonesia

Sport in Indonesia: Sport in Indonesia - 15 July 2013: At least 17 people were killed and 39 injured in a stampede triggered by fighting among fans after a boxing match in the province of Papua

Religion in Indonesia: Religion in Indonesia

Freedom of religion in Indonesia: Freedom of religion in Indonesia - As 'the state is based on the belief in the One and Only God', according to Chapter XI of the Indonesian Constitution, the Indonesian state guarantees religious freedom for all - Atheism in Indonesia

Blasphemy law in Indonesia: Blasphemy law in Indonesia, the legislation, presidential decrees, and ministerial directives that prohibit 'blasphemy' in Indonesia - Selected cases of 'blasphemy law' judgements

1999-2002 Indonesian constitutional amendments: 8 September 2005: Religion and the Indonesian constitution, an examination of the recent debate on the position of syari'ah in Indonesian constitutional amendments 1999–2002

2008-2009: 26 October 2009: USA Department of State Report on International Religious Freedom in Indonesia

2012: Indonesian Alexander Aan was imprisoned in 2012 for posting comments that God did not exist to Facebook that were judged to be 'disseminating information aimed at inciting religious hatred or hostility' by the Muaro Sijunjung district court

Buddhism in Indonesia

Hinduism in Indonesia - 25 October 2012: Ancient Hindu temple discovered that the excavation team believes dates from around the 13th to 15th centuries

Islam in Indonesia - Spread of Islam in Indonesia, after Islam was brought into Indonesia by traders from India's Gujarat since the 13th century

Christianity in Indonesia, the Portuguese introduced catholicism to Indonesia, notably to the island of Flores and to what was to become East Timor, protestantism was first introduced by the Dutch in the sixteenth century with calvinist and lutheran influences

2013: 25 December 2013: Hundreds of Indonesian Christians held a Christmas service on Wednesday in front of the presidential palace in Jakarta to protest at the closure of their churches due to pressure by Muslim hardliners

Religiously motivated violence in Indonesia: Religiously motivated violence in Indonesia

2013: 5 avril 2013: Dans un centre de détention sur l’île de Sumatra huit bouddhistes birmans ont été assassinés par une vingtaine de compatriotes musulmans qui voulaient se venger des récentes attaques dont ont été victimes leurs coreligionnaires en Birmanie - 5 August 2013: Explosive goes off at a Buddhist temple in Indonesia's capital as devotees inside were praying, injuring one person

2015: 23 October 2015: As a mob wielding sharp weapons torched the small Protestant church in the district of Aceh Singkil, saying it lacked an official permit, one Muslim vigilante was shot dead in the attack, while thousands of Christians fled to a neighbouring province

2016: 5 November 2016: Indonesian president blames 'political actors' for stoking Jakarta blasphemy protestst against Christian governor of Jakarta accused of insulting Qur’an, that turned violent on Friday night

Crime in Indonesia: Crime in Indonesia

Corruption in Indonesia: Corruption in Indonesia - 7 December: 2012: Indonesia's sports minister resigns after being named a suspect in a multi-million-dollar corruption case - 23 Februry 2013: Chairman Urbaningrum of Indonesia's ruling party quits after anti-graft body named him a suspect in a multi-million dollar corruption case

Environmental crime: Environmental crime

2015: 18 September 2015: Indonesian police arrested seven corporate executives, including a senior executive of plantation company Bumi Mekar Hijau, in connection with illegal forest fires across Sumatra and Kalimantan, as part of a wide-ranging effort to stop the haze crisis - 26 October 2015: Raging forest fires across Indonesia are thought to be responsible for up to half a million cases of respiratory infections, with the resultant haze covering parts of Malaysia and Singapore now being described as a 'crime against humanity'

Terrorism in Indonesia: Terrorism in Indonesia - List of terrorist incidents in Indonesia since 1960s

List of terrorist incidents in Indonesia since 2010s: List of terrorist incidents in Indonesia since 2010s

2016: 14 January 2016 Jakarta attacks - 14 January 2016: Two people and five attackers reportedly killed by six explosions in Indonesian capital

2017: 24 May 2017 Jakarta bombings - 24 May 2017: Two suspected suicide bombers killed three Indonesian police officers and injured 10 people in twin blasts near a bus station in Jakarta

Indonesian killings of 1965-1966: Indonesian killings of 1965-1966 - Communist Party of Indonesia - Foreign involvement in the Indonesian killings of 1965-1966

Papua conflict: Papua conflict - 23 February 2013: Indonesian province of Papua placed on high alert after the killings of eight soldiers in two separate incidents

Environmental issues in Indonesia: Environmental issues in Indonesia - Deforestation in Indonesia - Deforestation in Borneo - Illegal logging

1997 Southeast Asian haze and Indonesian forest fires: 1997 Indonesian forest fires - 1997 Southeast Asian haze - Asian brown cloud

2006 Southeast Asian haze: 2006 Southeast Asian haze

2013 Southeast Asian haze: 2013 Southeast Asian haze - 20 June 2013: Air pollution has become a curse for millions of city-dwellers in Asia, posing a mounting risk to the very young and very old, pregnant women and people with heart and respiratory problems, experts say - 20 June 2013: Singapore urged people to remain indoors amid unprecedented levels of air pollution as a smoky haze wrought by forest fires in neighboring Indonesia worsened dramatically - 26 June 2013: Indonesia arrests eight farmers for setting illegal fires on Sumatra island causing choking haze

2015: 2015 Southeast Asian haze in Indonesia - 24 October 2015: After thousands of fires caused by slash-and-burn farming in Indonesia starting in July and affecting millions of people in the islands of Sumatra and Kalimantan, at least half a million people have suffered from respiratory illness that killed at least 10 people, and evacuees now take to the roads in desperate attempt to escape acrid haze and choking pollution amid the deployment of the military - 28 October: Nineteen people have died and half a million have fallen ill as haze from thousands of fires caused by slash-and-burn farming chokes Indonesia and south-east Asia, destroying vast tracts of jungle and blanketing neighbouring countries in toxic smog

2016: 19 September 2016: Haze from Indonesian fires last year may have caused over 100,000 premature deaths, according to a new study of Harvard and Columbia universities that triggers calls for action

Law and law enforcement in Indonesia: Law of Indonesia - Constitution of Indonesia - Legal history of Indonesia

Law enforcement in Indonesia

Judiciary of Indonesia: Judiciary of Indonesia, comprising the Supreme Court of Indonesia, the Constitutional Court of Indonesia together with public courts, religious courts, administrative courts and military courts - Review of court decision in Indonesia

2017: 9 May 2017: Jakarta’s Christian governor Purnama jailed for two years Tuesday, in a shock decision stoking concerns over rising religious intolerance in the world’s most populous Muslim-majority nation, after being found guilty of blasphemy for referencing Qur’an verse

Constitutional Court, Supreme Court and Judicial Commission of Indonesia: Constitutional Court of Indonesia since 2001 - Supreme Court of Indonesia - Judicial Commission of Indonesia to monitor the performance of judges, advise the House of Representatives on judicial appointments and review community complaints about the behavior and fairness of presiding judges, established as a consequence of the third amendment to the Constitution of Indonesia in 2001

Capital punishment in Indonesia: Capital punishment in Indonesia

2015: 2015 executions in Indonesiaq - 28 April 2015: After Bali executions, Australia's Tony Abbott to recall its ambassador saying that 'these executions are both cruel and unnecessary … both of these young Australians were fully rehabilitated while in prison'

Foreign relations of Indonesia: Foreign relations of Indonesia

Treaties of Indonesia

Since 1950: Since 1950 United Nations membership of Indonesia United Nations Charter

Since 1995: Southeast Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty

2014: ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution recognising that transboundary haze pollution which result from land and/or forest fires should be mitigated through concerted national efforts and international co-operation, ratified by Indonesia in September 2014

Indonesia/Australia relations: Indonesia/Australia relations - 24 July 2013: An asylum-seeker boat heading for Australia has sunk off Java in Indonesia with unconfirmed reports that dozens of people are dead or missing - 27 September: At least 22 people, mostly children, drowned and scores are missing after an Australia-bound boat carrying Middle Eastern asylum-seekers sank off Indonesia Friday in rough seas - 3 November: Australia and the USA reportedy mounted a joint surveillance operation on Indonesia during the 2007 UN climate change conference in Bali - 19 November: Indonesia reviews cooperation with Australia after spy claims - 21 November: Indonesians burn Australian flags over spying reports - 6 December: Australia will keep spying on Indonesia, Australia's PM Abbott says - 28 April 2015: After Bali executions, Australia's Tony Abbott to recall its ambassador saying that 'these executions are both cruel and unnecessary … both of these young Australians were fully rehabilitated while in prison'

Indonesia/Bangladesh relations: Indonesia/Bangladesh relations - 12 May 2015: Fears up to 6,000 asylum seekers are trapped at sea off south-east Asia

Indonesia/Burma relations: Indonesia/Burma relations - 12 May 2015: Fears up to 6,000 asylum seekers are trapped at sea off south-east Asia - 15 May 2015: Asian migrant crisis grows as 700 asylum seekers rescued off Indonesia and as Burma undermined calls for a coordinated response to the crisis by threatening to boycott a planned south-east Asia summit - 18 May 2015: Indonesia sends three warships and a plane to turn away migrant boats - 20 May: Indonesia and Malaysia have agreed to provide temporary shelter to thousands of migrants stranded at sea - 21 May: Indonesia’s FM Retno Marsudi, Malaysia’s FM and more foreign diplomats are converging on Burma, seeking to discuss the Asian migrant crisis which is widely believed to have its roots in the mass fleeing of the country’s persecuted Rohingya minority

Indonesia/East Timor relations: Indonesia/East Timor relations - Indonesian invasion of East Timor 1975-1976 - Indonesian occupation of East Timor 1975-1999

Indonesia/Japan relations: Indonesia/Japan relations - Japanese occupation of Indonesia 1942-1945

Indonesia/Malaysia relations: Indonesia/Malaysia relations - Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation 1962–1966 - 20 June 2013: Malaysia closed 200 schools and banned open burning in some areas, as a smoky haze wrought by forest fires in neighboring Indonesia worsened dramatically - 26 June: Indonesia arrests eight farmers for setting illegal fires on Sumatra island causing choking haze

Indonesia/Netherlands relations: Indonesia/Netherlands relations - Dutch East India Company - Dutch East India Company in Indonesia 1603-1800 - Dutch conquest of Indonesia - Dutch East Indies 1800–1942 - Indonesian National Revolution 1945-1949 - 12 September 2013: Almost 67 years after thousands of Indonesian men were summarily executed in South Sulawesi as part of a ruthless campaign to crush a rebellion against Dutch colonial rule, the Netherlands officially apologized and announced a proposal to compensate victims of similar 'excesses'

Indonesia/Papua New Guinea relations: Indonesia/Papua New Guinea relations - 4 March 2015: Journalists in Papua New Guinea say they were told not to ask Indonesian foreign minister Retno Marsudi about West Papua

Indonesia/Philippines relations: Indonesia/Philippines relations

2015: 24 October 2015: Haze from Indonesian forest fires has spread to the Philippines, disrupting air traffic and prompting warnings for residents to wear face masks

Indonesia/Russia relations: Indonesia/Russia relations - 7 August 2012: Russian rocket fails to reach target orbit - Indonesia's Telkom-3 satellites 'can be considered lost'

Indonesia/Saudi-Arabia relations: Indonesians in Saudi Arabia - 4 April 2014: Indonesia pays nearly $2 million in 'blood money' to free maid Satinah in Saudi Arabia just days before she was to be executed - 28 September 2015: The number of Indonesians killed in a stampede at the haj in Mecca rose to 41 Monday with scores more still missing

Indonesia/Singapore relations: Indonesia/Singapore relations - 20 June 2013: Singapore urged people to remain indoors amid unprecedented levels of air pollution as a smoky haze wrought by forest fires in neighboring Indonesia worsened dramatically - 26 June: Indonesia arrests eight farmers for setting illegal fires on Sumatra island causing choking haze - 28 December 2014 Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 crash - 1 December 2015: An apparent mid-air miscommunication between pilot and co-pilot in response to a technical problem caused AirAsia flight 8501 to plunge into the Java Sea last December, Indonesian investigators say

Indonesia/Sri Lanka relations: Indonesia/Sri Lanka relations - Both nations during 17th to 18th-century under control of Dutch East India Company

Indonesia/United Kingdom relations:Indonesia/United Kingdom relations - British rule in Indonesia

2012: 3 December 2012: Indonesia approves $12.1 bn BP gas deal

2015: 11 November 2015: British journalists and documentary film-makers Rebecca Prosser and Neil Bonner freed from Indonesian jail say UK treated them like criminals during months in detention

Indonesia/United Nations relations: Indonesia and the United Nations

Indonesia/USA relations: Indonesia/USA relations

2013: 15 May 2013: The death toll from an accident at the USA-owned Freeport-McMoRan's Grasberg gold and copper mine in eastern Indonesia rose to four workers, as rescuers struggled to reach 23 others still trapped underground in a collapsed tunnel - 19 May 2013: Twelve workers have been confirmed dead in the Freeport-McMoRan's Grasberg mine, but 16 others are still unaccounted for five days after the accident - 3 November 2013: Australia and the USA reportedy mounted a joint surveillance operation on Indonesia during the 2007 UN climate change conference in Bali

2017: 13 June 2017: Employees at the Ivanka Trump’s fashion label’s factory in Indonesia's Subang describe being paid one of the lowest minimum wages in Asia, claim of impossibly high production targets and of verbal abuse

Natural disasters in Indonesia: Natural disasters in Indonesia

Earthquakes, tsunamis and volcano eruptions in Indonesia: Earthquakes in Indonesia

2004: December 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami - Countries affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - 26 December 2004: Indonesia was seriously affected by the earthquake and tsunami - Humanitarian response to the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake

2006: May 2006 Java earthquake - July 2006 Pangandaran earthquake and tsunami

Sidoarjo mud flow since May 2006

2010: 2010 eruptions of Mount Merapi

2013/2014: 12 August 2013: Mount Rokatenda volcano erupts in eastern Indonesia, killing five people - 2 February 2014: Deadly eruption of Mount Sinabung volcano near Gamber village in North Sumatra province

2016: March 2016 Sumatra earthquake - December 2016 Aceh earthquake - 7 December 2016: At least 54 people died and dozens were feared trapped in collapsed buildings after a powerful earthquake struck off Indonesia’s Sumatra island

Floods and landslides in Indonesia: Floods in Indonesia

2010: 2010 West Papua floods

2013: 17 January 2013: At least four people dead and 20.000 evacuated as a result of intense rain storm which has hit the Indonesian capital - 25 March 2013: Six people were killed and 11 were missing in a landslide caused by heavy rain on Indonesia's Java island - 2 December 2013: A landslide triggered by torrential rain near a rumbling volcano in North Sumatra province has killed at least nine people - 16 January 2014: Days of torrential rain triggered a landslide and flash floods on Indonesia's Sulawesi island, killing at least 13 people and sending tens of thousands fleeing for safe ground - 24 February 2014: Landslides due to incessant rains kill eleven people in Indonesia's Papua province - 13 December 2014: A landslide triggered by torrential downpours has killed at least 11 people and left nearly 100 missing on Indonesia's main island of Java

2014: December 2014 Southeast Asian floods hit Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand - 27 December 2014: Monsoon rains trigger deadly floods in Jakarta, paralysing city of 14 million

2016: 19 juin 2016: Des inondations et des glissements de terrain ont fait plus de 20 morts sur l'île indonésienne de Java

2017: 10 février 2017: Douze Indonésiens parmi lesquels trois enfants ont péri dans des glissements de terrain à Bali, à la suite de fortes pluies qui ont englouti des villages de l'île touristique - 21 février 2017: Des intempéries frappent Jakarta de plein fouet

Iran - Geography of Iran - History of Iran - 1953 Iran coup d'etat - role of USA and UK - Background and causes of the Iranian Revolution 1979 - History of the Islamic Republic of Iran (since 1979) - Demographics of Iran

Economy of Iran: Economy of Iran - main industries include petroleum, petrochemicals, fertilizers, caustic soda, car manufacture, parts, pharmaceuticals, home appliances, electronics, telecom, energy, power, textiles, construction, cement and other construction materials, food processing (particularly sugar refining and vegetable oil production), ferrous and non-ferrous metal fabrication, armaments - List of companies of Iran - Companies of Iran by industry

Industry of Iran: Industry of Iran

Automotive industry in Iran: Automotive industry in Iran is the second most active industry of the country, after its oil and gas industry, accounting for 10% of Iran's GDP and 4% of the workforce (700,000 persons)

Military industry in Iran: Iran's military industry exported weapons to 57 countries as of 2006 and is composed of the following main components: Iran Electronics Industries, Defense Industries Organization - tanks, rockets, bombs, guns, armored vehicles, etc., Iranian Space Agency - guided missiles systems etc., Iran Aviation Industries Organization - aircraft, UAV, helicopters, etc., Naval industry - ships, hovercrafts, submarines, etc.

Mining in Iran: Mining in Iran is underdeveloped, yet the country is one of the most important mineral producers in the world - the most important mines in Iran include coal, metallic minerals, sand and gravel, chemical minerals and salt

2017: 3 May 2017: At least 33 miners dead after methane gas ignited in tunnel 1,200 metres underground at the Zemestan-Yort mine in Golestan in northern Iran

Petroleum industry in Iran: Petroleum industry in Iran - 'National Iranian Oil Company' ranks as the world's third largest oil company - Oil reserves in Iran

Natural gas reserves in Iran - National Iranian Gas Company

Energy in Iran: Energy in Iran - List of power stations in Iran - gas was the dominant fuel in Iran in 2009, accounting for an estimated 56.8% of primary energy demand, followed by oil at 40.8% and hydro with a 1.4% share of PED - Iran exports annually 5.5 TWh of electricity to seven surrounding countries, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan

Nuclear facilities in Iran: Nuclear facilities in Iran - Iran's nuclear program has included several research sites, two uranium mines, a research reactor, and uranium processing facilities that include three known uranium enrichment plants

Renewable energy in Iran: Renewable energy in Iran - Hydroelectric power stations in Iran - Solar power in Iran - with about 300 clear sunny days a year and an average of 2,200 kilowatt-hour solar radiation per square meter, Iran has a great potential to tap solar energy, but has only two plants using solar power, Shiraz solar power plant, 'pilot' power station with a capacity of 250 kilowatt (!) since 2008, 'Yazd integrated solar combined cycle power station', using natural gas and oil as primary fuels

Construction industry of Iran: Construction industry of Iran

Disasters and fires in Iran: Disasters in Iran - Fires in Iran

2017: 19 January 2017: Iranian skyscraper Plasco, an iconic structure in central Tehran, collapses in massive fire, killing at least 30 firefighters

Environmental issues in Iran: Environmental issues in Iran - Air pollution in Iran

Agriculture in Iran: Agriculture in Iran - crops including cereals (wheat, barley, rice, and maize), fruits, vegetables, cotton, sugar beets, sugarcane and pistachios, nuts, olives, spices e.g. saffron, raisin, tea, tobacco, Berberis and medicinal herbs - Iranian fruit production ranking 1st in the Middle East and North Africa - Persian walnut, melon, tangerine, citrus fruits, Kiwifruit, dates, cherries, pomegranates, peach, oranges and raisins - Livestock in Iran - Fishing in Iran

Water in Iran: Water in Iran - Bodies of water of Iran - List of rivers of Iran - Irrigation in Iran

Water supply and sanitation in Iran: Water supply and sanitation in Iran

Water crisis in Iran: Water crisis in Iran refers to the problems which due to the water scarcity occur in Iran - as of 2014, Iran is using 70% of its total renewable freshwater, far above the upper limit of 40% recommended according to international norms

2016: 9 May 2016: Ambitious water transfer projects look attractive for tens of millions of people in the desert cities of central Iran worried about drought, but there are fears of a growing dichotomy of water management and environmental sustainability

Transport in Iran: Transport in Iran

Transport disasters in Iran: Transport disasters in Iran

2004: February 2004 Nishapur train disaster was a large explosion in the village of Khayyam, near Nishapur, four villages were later described as 'totally destroyed'

Banking, insurance and financial services in Iran: Banking and insurance in Iran - Banks of Iran - Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran - Iranian rial - currency of Iran

Financial services companies of Iran - Iranian oil bourse - Tehran Stock Exchange

Foreign trade of Iran and foreign investment: Foreign trade and economic relations - Foreign direct investment in Iran

Sanctions against Iran

Economic history, business cycles and unemployment in Iran: Economic history of Iran - Iran's successive economic plans 1991-2010, growth and unemployment

2012: 3 October 2012: Riot police in Iran have clashed with protesters in Tehran over sharp falls in the currency - 7 October: Most money changers refuse to comply with government's demand for a fixed dollar rate to reverse currency collapse

Military of Iran and 'Guardians of the Islamic Revolution': Military of Iran - Equipment of the Iranian Army - 29 September 2013: Iranian army unveils home-made combat drone

Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution

2014/2015: 25 December 2014: Iran’s national army has begun a massive military drill near the strategic Strait of Hormuz, saying that the maneuvers were aimed at 'transferring experiences' to a younger generations of Iranian soldiers - 7 July 2015: Iran's Revolutionary Guards stand to profit from emerging nuclear deal

Iran's missile forces: Iran's missile forces - Guided missiles of Iran

2012/2013: 7 August 2012: Iran test fires short-range missile equipped with guidance system - 21 August: Iran unveils new missile, other weapons - 25 September: Iran unveils domestically made drone aircraft - 28 January 2013: Iran sends monkey into space, showing missile progress - 22 septembre 2013: Les forces armées iraniennes présentent 30 missiles balistiques d'une portée de 2.000 kilomètres lors de leur défilé annuel - 9 November 2013: Iran starts producing new missile system

2014/2015: 10 February 2014: Iran claims successful ballistic missiles test, described as a 'new generation' - 5 March: Iranian Revolutionary Guard has multiple-warhead missiles - 16 May 2014: Despite apparently reducing illicit purchases that breach UN sanctions, Iran is pursuing development of ballistic missiles, a confidential UN report says - 22 January 2015: Satellite images reportedly show Iranian missile that 'can reach far beyond Europe' - 25 February 2015: Iran tests naval missiles as part of fresh war games 'Great Prophet 9' in Persian Gulf - 5 July 2015: Iran unveils new long-range radar system - 13 October 2015: USA says missile test by Iran 'likely' violated UN resolution related to the use of ballistic missiles

2016: 1 janvier 2016: Les Gardiens de la révolution iranienne possèdent tellement de missiles qu'ils ne savent pas où les stocker - 10 February 2016: Iran to upgrade missiles, set to receive Russian S-300 within two months - 8/9 March: Iran launches ballistic missiles during military exercise in possible volation of UN resolution, with the phrase 'Israel must be wiped out' written on them in Hebrew and designed to demonstrate to Israel that it is within Iranian missile range, according to an Iranian commander - 9 May 2016: Iran claims to successfully test highly accurate ballistic missile that can reach Israel

2017: 4 February 2017: Defiant Iran in missile exercise day after USA sanctions over a ballistic missile test launch - 9 March 2017: Defiant Iran successfully tests another ballistic missile despite sanctions - 22 July 2017: Iranian regime announces production of new missile, claiming 'completely indigenous’ Sayyad-3 an upgrade over previous version of air-to-surface missile

Iran and weapons of mass destruction: Iran and weapons of mass destruction

Nuclear program of Iran: Nuclear program of Iran

Military budget of Iran: Military budget

Taxation and budget in Iran: Taxation in Iran - Tax advantages and exemptions in Iran - Public finance and fiscal policy in Iran

Politics of Iran: Politics of Iran - Political parties in Iran - List of political parties in Iran

Iranian reform movement - Combatant Clergy Association, founded in 1977 - Association of Combatant Clerics, founded in 1988

Ideology, constitution and Iran's network of elected and unelected institutions since 1979: Ideology of the Iranian Revolution - Background and causes of the Iranian Revolution 1979 - Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Guardianship of the Islamic Jurists - Guardian Council - Islamic Revolutionary Court - Expediency Discernment Council

Elections and appointments in Iran: Elections in Iran

'Assembly of Experts': Assembly of Experts

2016: 24 May 2016: Hard-line Iranian cleric Jannati has become the speaker of the Assembly of Experts, that is mainly tasked with selecting the country's supreme leader

Islamic Consultative Assembly (Iranian Parliament): Islamic Consultative Assembly (Iranian Parliament)

Iranian legislative election 2 March 2012: Iranian legislative election 2 March 2012 - 2 March: Iran's ruling political and religious hardliners face off in vote, echoing a deepening rift in a conservative establishment - 4 mars: Les partisans de l’ayatollah Ali Khamenei ont remporté près de 75% des sièges du Parlement iranien, Ahmadinejad le grand perdant de ce scrutin - 4 May: Polls open in Iran's run-off parliamentary election - 5. Mai 2012: Ahmadinejad bei Stichwahlen in Iran abgestraft - Bündnis um Parlamentspräsident Larijani mit den meisten Mandaten

Iranian presidential election 14 June 2013: Iranian presidential election 14 June 2013 - 16 May 2013: Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi says women cannot be presidential candidates, as 30 women seek to run in the June 14 election - 22 May: Iran's Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani barred from standing for president - 23 May 2013: Zahra Mostafavi, the daughter of Ayatollah Khomeini, has protested against the disqualification of Rafsanjani from presidential election - 11 June: The sole reformist candidate in the June 14 presidential election Mohammad Aref quits presidential race, a move in favour of the moderate candidate Hassan Rowhani - 12 June: Four years after Iranians took to the streets to demonstrate against the results of the presidential election 2009, the authorities are taking no chances this time, keeping opposition leaders confined under house arrest with doors and windows welded shut - 14 June 2013: Iran begins voting to elect new president - 15 June 2013: Early vote count in Iran gives Hasan Rowhani wide lead - 15 June: Hassan Rowhani secured just over 50 percent of the ballot based on a 72% turnout of 50 million eligible voters, a mandate of the Iranian people for change, which will not be betrayed - 30 June: Rohani hints he will balance hard-line, reformist demands - 4 August 2013: New president Rouhani will be publicly inaugurated on Sunday after he was formally endorsed by Khameini on Saturday

2015: 2 June 2015: Murderous Rouhani vows Iran will support Syrian regime's Assad 'until the end of the road' - December 2015: Financing terror – the economic impact of Iran’s nuclear programme and its support to paramilitary groups across the Middle East

January 2016: 19 January 2016: Reformist hopefuls banned from Iran's parliamentary poll, as only 1% of the moderate candidates have been allowed to run

February/April 2016 Iranian legislative election: 26 February 2016 Iranian legislative election - the Islamic Consultative Assembly and the Assembly of Experts will be elected simultaneously for the first time - 26 February: Iranians turn out to vote without real choices - 26 February: Analyst Zibakalam, acknowledging the checkered past of 'new' conservative allies, including former intelligence ministers, linked to the death of dissidents and intellectuals, sentencing thousands to death, says on Iranian elections 'we had to choose between bad and worse' - 27 February: Early results show 'reformists' and so-called 'moderates' lead in Iran elections - 29 February: Iran's citizens turn to social media to take aim at conservative hardliners, sharing celebratory jokes and mocking memes

April 2016: 15 April 2016: Newly elected female MP Minoo Khaleghi in Iran is to be barred from entering the next parliament apparently because she is alleged to have shaken hands with an unrelated man during a trip abroad

29 April 2016: 30 April 2016: So-called reformist and moderate politicians allied with regime's Rouhani secure up to 40 of the 68 parliament seats up for grabs, unofficial results show, while conservatives gain 21 spots

2016: 28 mai 2016: Le nouveau Parlement iranien est entré en fonction samedi lors d'une cérémonie au cours de laquelle l'ayatollah Ali Khamenei a estimé dans un message aux nouveaux députés que leur devoir était de résister aux 'ruses' des ennemis de l'Iran

2017: 2017 Candidates of Iranian presidential election

April 2017: 12 April 2017: In surprise move, Iran’s Ahmadinejad registers to run for president

May 2017 Iranian presidential election: 19 May 2017 Iranian presidential election - 20 May 2017: With nearly all votes counted, incumbent president Rouhani has a commanding lead over his chief rival Raisi - 20 May 2017: Iranians have chosen the 'path of engagement with the world' and rejected extremism, Rouhani says, re-elected with 57% of the vote, writing on Twitter that 'I will remain loyal to my promises to you'

'Supreme Leader', guardian council, president, government and politics of Iran: 'Supreme Leader' of Iran - Guardian Council - President of Iran - Government of Iran - Cabinet of Iran

2011: 25. August 2011: Irans Präsident Ahmadinejad ruft 2011 erneut zur Auslöschung Israels auf - das feste Ziel iranischer Politik

2012: 17 August 2012: 'Cancerous tumour' Israel will soon be destroyed, says Ahmadinejad in Tehran marking Iran's Quds Day

27 December 2012: Iran's Ahmadinejad dismisses health minister, who was Islamic Republic's first woman cabinet member, for criticising colleagues

2013: 5 February: President Ahmadinejad is accusing parliamentary speaker's family of corruption - 5 February: Former Tehran prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi, dismissed from his judicial post over the torture deaths of three protesters in custody after the 2009 elections and considered to be a close aide of President Ahmadinejad, has been arrested on Monday - 6 February: Saeed Mortazavi has been released after two days in prison, state media say - 27 February: Saeed Mortazavi, accused of being involved in deaths of anti-government protesters in 2009, appears in court - 2 August 2013: In Quds Day remarks broadcast on state TV and in one of his last public speeches Iran's outgoing President Ahmadinejad warns Israel will be 'uprooted' - 2 août 2013: Le nouveau président iranien Rohani a affirmé vendredi qu'Israël était un corps étranger qui devait être extirpé de la région, à la veille de sa prise de fonctions - 2 August 2013: After Israeli criticism, Iran's media changed their version of Rohani remarks, that Israel had inflicted a 'wound' on the Muslim world and that the Israeli wound 'must be cleansed', now taking out the reference to 'cleansing'

Since August 2013 Government of Hassan Rouhani: Government of Hassan Rouhani 2013–present - Confirmations of Hassan Rouhani's Cabinet

5 August 2013: Iran's supreme leader today appointed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to the Expediency Council, the country's top political arbitration body

September 2013: 28 September: Nearly 60 gathered chanting "Death to America" and "Death to Israel" and eggs and shoes were thrown at Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's motorcade as he arrived home from New York to a mixed reception after his historic call with Barack Obama - 30 septembre: Le chef des Gardiens de la révolution critique le contact Roühani-Obama

October 2013: 5 October: Iran's Ayatollah Khamenei hints at disapproval over Hassan Rouhani's phone call with Barack Obama - 20 October: Iran's Rouhani names three new ministers to replace nominees rejected by the conservative-dominated parliament in August

November 2013: 10 November: Iranian deputy minister of industries Rahmatabadi shot dead in Tehran by unidentified assailant - 13 novembre: Selon une enquête publiée par l’agence Reuters, l’actuel Guide de la révolution islamique, Ali Khamenei, est à la tête d’un vaste empire économique d’environ 95 milliards de dollars - 25 novembre: Les Iraniens saluent l'accord sur la régulation du nucléaire iranien

2014: 11 May 2014: Calling for mass-production of missiles, Khamenei says Western expectations that Iran will limit its missile program are 'stupid and idiotic', and Rouhani says Iran won't accept 'nuclear apartheid' - 11 August 2014: Saying he will continue a policy of moderation and 'constructive engagement' with West Iran president Rouhani tells nuke hard-liners to go 'to hell'

2015: 10 January 2015: Condemning 'extremism, violence, and terrorism whether in Palestine, Lebanon and the Levant or in Paris and the United States', Iran regime's Rouhani likens Paris terrorist attacks with Israel's policies toward Palestinians - 18 April: Iran marks Army Day with cries of 'Death to America' and 'Death to Israel' and a truck carrying banner calling for destruction of Jewish state

June 2015: 2 June 2015: Murderous Rouhani vows Iran will support Syrian Assad regime 'until the end of the road'

October 2015: 14 October: Iran's Revolutionary Guard opens the doors of a secret underground missile base to state TV, showing off medium- and long-range missiles, as Syrian Assad regime's army begins an offensive backed by Iranian soldiers and Russian jets - 28 October 2015: Former Iran leader Akbar Rafsanjani tells state-run news agency country pursued nuclear weapon, in contravention of repeated assurances by the regime that its enrichment program is and always has been peaceful

December 2015: December 2015: Financing terror – the economic impact of Iran’s nuclear programme and its support to paramilitary groups across the Middle East

2016: 3 January 2016: Iran's Ayatollah Khamenei's threat of 'divine vengeance' for the execution of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr in Saudi-Arabia - 26 January 2016: Iran stages large naval drill near Strait of Hormuz - 10 April 2016: Mehdi Karroubi, defeated by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in 2009 presidential election and under house arrest since 2011, demands to be put on trial - 17 April 2016: As Iranian regime parades parts of advanced S-300 missile battery in Tehran marking the country’s annual Army Day, regimes' Rouhani says that Iran will aid countries seeking to combat Israel - 29 mai 2016: Mettant en œuvre une décision prise lors d'une réunion du Haut conseil du cyberespace dirigé par le président Hassan Rohani, l'Iran exige des réseaux sociaux étrangers de lui transférer d'ici un an leurs serveurs contenant les informations des utilisateurs iraniens

June 2016: 14 June 2016: Seventy distinguished academics from North American universities urge Iran's Hassan Rouhani in a letter, to break his silence over the ongoing house arrests of the country’s opposition leaders Mir Hossein Mousavi, Zahra Rahnavard and Mehdi Karroubi, as in a separate letter Narges Mohammadi, a prominent human-rights activist who is currently imprisoned, asks Rouhani to protest against the continuing harassment and persecution of civil-rights activists

July 2016: 1 July 2016: Iranian al-Quds Day resolution demands elimination of 'cancerous' Israel, as President Rouhani, attending the Tehran rally, says regional conflicts were making it increasingly difficult to address the Palestinian issue, 'we are far away from the ideal of liberating Palestine'

December 2016: 14 December 2016: Iranian regime claims a military victory in Aleppo boasting that dictator Assad’s forces would have been unable to retake the besieged city without support from Tehran, and Iran’s Rouhani phones Bashar Assad to congratulate him on the impending defeat of rebel forces as a planned ceasefire to allow civilians to leave last rebel-held pocket of Aleppo collapsed, leaving tens of thousands of civilians stranded in the besieged city under heavy bombardment

February 2017: 10 février 2017: Aux cris de 'Mort à l'Amérique', des millions d'Iraniens sont descendus dans les rues pour marquer le 38e anniversaire de l'état islamique

April 2017: 18 April 2017: At annual military parade, Iranian regime shows off new air defense systems and banners displayed alongside various offensive and defensive weapons with the slogan 'Death to Israel' in Persian

June 2017: 7 June 2017 2017 Tehran attacks - 7 June 2017: Two people were confirmed killed and several others were reported injured after armed men burst into Tehran’s parliament building and the mausoleum of revolutionary founder Ruhollah Khomeini, with state media reporting at least two suicide bombings, claimed by Islamic State terrorists

June 2017: 23 June 2017: Iranian regime and supporters hold annual anti-Israel rallies to mark al-Quds day, chanting 'Death to Israel' and displaying surface-to-surface ballistic missiles - 24 June 2017: Iran’s president, who said Israel supports 'terrorists in the region', rushed away from anti-Israel rally amid taunts

Repression, social movements and protests in Iran: Protests in Iran - Provisions in violation of human rights in Iran - Extralegal violations of human rights in Iran

1988: 1988 executions of Iranian political prisoners

1988-1998: Series of murders and disappearances from 1988 to 1998 by Iranian government operatives of Iranian dissident intellectuals

1998: Narges Mohammadi, first arrested in 1998 for her criticisms of the Iranian government and spending a year in prison

2009-2010: 2009/2010 Iranian election protests - 2009 Iran poll protests trial - Prisoner abuse

2011: 2011 Iranian protests, Protestations iraniennes de 2011 - 1. Juni 2011: Parlament - juristische Schritte gegen Verfassungsverstoß Ahmadinedschads - 12. Juni 2011: Demonstrationen und Festnahmen in Teheran am 12. Juni

2012: 8 March 2012: Mehdi Khazali, given 14 years for criticising government, begins 60th day without food - Mehdi Khazali - 4 October: Police fires tear gas to disperse demonstrators as they protest against the collapse of rial

26 April 2012: Human rights activist Narges Mohammadi whose contribution to the campaign against juvenile executions in Iran is internationally recognised has been arrested to serve her six-year prison term

25 October 2012: Set up by victims of political crimes committed in the wake of Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution a tribunal held in the library of the Peace Palace in The Hague began hearings in a bid to highlight killings ignored by international justice

26 December 2012: Arrested and tortured by 'Fata', blogger Sattar Beheshti's death stirs political hornet's nest in Iran

2013: 28 January 2013: Authorities accuse 14 journalists of co-operating with foreign media, a charge tantamount to 'serving the enemy's purpose' - 22 August: Victory for Iran protesters as govt closes polluting factory - 5. November: Hungerstreik politischer Gefangener in Irans Gefängnissen gegen die schlechte medizinische Versorgung und dubiose Sterbefälle - 5 December: Iran's Revolutionary Guards have carried out a new wave of arrests of cyber activists and members of pro-opposition social networking websites

2014: 3 February 2014: Iran opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi remains under house arrest - 11 February 2014: Iran has executed an Arab-Iranian poet and rights activist for 'waging war on God' and 'acting against national security' - 20 May: Hundreds of Iranian women are posting pictures of their bare heads in call for change to Iranian restriction on women attire in public - 1 June 2014: Iranian court sentences 8 Facebook users to up to 20 years in prison for criticizing the regime on Facebook - 9 June 2014: More than 140 Iranian journalists call on authorities to release Saba Azarpeik, who was picked up last month from the offices of a magazine in Tehran and is currently being held incommunicado - 9 July: Iranian journalist Marzieh Rasouli sentenced to 50 lashes and two years in prison over charges of spreading anti-government propaganda - 29 October 2014: After public outrage about a string of acid attacks in Isfahan, Iranian journalists detained after reporting on acid attacks

2015: 6 May 2015: Iranian rights activist Narges Mohammadi, a close associate of Nobel peace laureate Shirin Ebadi, arrested in Tehran at her home - 16 July: Warning from Iran's hardliners mars celebrations of July 2015 Vienna nuclear deal to end sanctions - 23 July 2015: More than 200 teachers were arrested by riot police during a protest outside the parliament in Tehran demanding the release of their colleagues such as Esmael Abdi, the head of the teachers union, from jail, activist group says - 12 August 2015: Iran refuses to free student activist Bahareh Hedayat after six years in jail despite the fact she should have been freed in June, while her husband is threatened for speaking out - 21 October 2015: Filmmaker Emad Tayefen, imprisoned several times and severely tortured, left Iran in August risking his life to complete 'Public Enemies', a documentary showcasing activists who don’t have the power to get heard - 29 October: Iran poets sentenced to 99 lashes for holding women’s hands amid widespread crackdown on free expression by judiciary and regime security services targeting activists, journalists and artists

2016: 18 January 2016: Iranian poets Fatemeh Ekhtesari and Mehdi Mousavi, facing lashings and prison sentences, have fled Iran, a rare escape for local artists and activists ensnared in an ongoing crackdown on expression in the country, as USA and European governments lift sanctions on Iran - 1 February 2016: A group of activists believe their collective experience in Iranian jails can help others and steer citizens away from recurrent pitfalls, since the Islamic regime expanded its use of tools after the unrests of 2009 to silence dissidents, including torture and capital punishment - 29 February: Iran's citizens turn to social media to take aim at conservative hardliners, sharing celebratory jokes and mocking memes - 27 April 2016: Three Iranian journalists Afarin Chitsaz, Ehsan Mazandarani and Saman Safarzaee given lengthy prison sentences, after a court in Tehran found the journalists guilty of charges including spreading propaganda against the ruling system, conspiring against officials and insulting authorities, and as the regime’s hardline judiciary tightens its grip on press freedom - 19 May 2016: 16-year-sentence against critically ill Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi, for her work defending human and women’s rights, signals all-out repression

October/November 2016: 31 October 2016: Iranian regime cracks down mass protest against its restrictive policies, after thousands attending annual celebration of pre-Islamic ruler Cyrus demand more freedoms, saying 'freedom of thought impossible with the mullahs' - 17 November 2016: In rare dissent, Iran scholar slams regime’s anti-Israel rhetoric, as Sadegh Zibakalam takes on Khamenei in clip posted by independent, but state-sanctioned website

February-May 2017: 17 February 2017: Human rights campaigners have accused Iran of silencing Shahnaz Akmali, the mother of a protester who was killed in post-election unrest in 2009 - 8 May 2017: Angry coal miners besieged a car carrying Iranian president Rouhani after he visited the site of the mine explosion that reportedly killed at least 35 miners Wednesday in northern Golestan province, a rare protest targeting the nation’s top elected official as he campaigns for re-election

Society, demographics, human rights and culture in Iran: Iranian society - Social class in Iran

Demographics, ethnic groups and languages in Iran: Demographics of Iran - Ethnic groups in Iran - Ethnicities in Iran - Iranian peoples - Ethnic minorities in Iran

Afro-Iranians: Afro-Iranians are concentrated in Hormozagan, Sistan and Baluchestan and Khuzestan

Iranian Arabs: Iranian Arabs are the Arab speaking peoples of Iran forming 2% of its population - Arabic language

Iranian Armenians: Iranian-Armenians are mostly concentrated in Tehran, Tabriz and Jolfa district, Isfahan, and an estimated 150,000-300,000 currently reside in Iran

Assyrians in Iran: Assyrians in Iran numbered approximately 200,000 prior to the Islamic Revolution of 1979, 1996 Iranian census counted only 32,000 Assyrians

Iranian Azerbaijanis: Azerbaijan region's population consists mainly of Azerbaijanis - Iranian Azerbaijan region in northwestern Iran

Iranian Balochis: The Balochi people of Iran live in southern and central parts Sistan and Baluchistan province - Baloch people living mainly in the Balochistan region of the Iranian plateau in Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan - Balochi language

Iranian Georgians: Iranian Georgians living mainly in the Fereydan area

Iranian Jews: Iranian Jews (Persian Jews) have had a continuous presence in Iran since the Achaemenid Empire 550–330 BCE, according to the 2012 Iranian census, the Jewish population of Iran is 8,756 - History of the Jews in Iran

Iranian Kurdistan: Iranian Kurdistan - Iran's seven million Kurds making up around 10% of the population mostly live in Kurdistan, a region in the northwest on the border with Iraq - Kurdestan Province is one of the 31 provinces of Iran, not to be confused with the greater geographical area of Iranian Kurdistan - Iranian Kurds make up the majority of the population of Kordestan province and together with the Azaris, they are one of the two main ethnic groups in West Azarbaijan province - Kurds of Khorasan

1979-1983: 1979 Kurdish rebellion in Iran since mid-March 1979, some two months after the completion of the Iranian Revolution, and became the largest among the nationwide uprisings in Iran against the new regime

2011: 18. Juli 2011: Iranische Truppen erobern drei kurdische Lager im Irak - 21. Oktober 2011: Gemeinsames Vorgehen von Iran und Türkei gegen PKK

2015: 7 May 2015: Tensions are on edge in the ethnically Kurdish city of Mahabad where protesters earlier torched a hotel over the unexplained death one of its female employees Farinaz Khosravani - 11 May 2015: Two people reported killed in Mahabad demonstrations after Farinaz Khosravani fell to her death from fourth floor in the city’s Tara Hotel due to a suspected attack by an Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps soldier - 27 August 2015: In a second such case this month, Iran executes Kurdish activist Behrouz Alkhani, who was convicted in 2011 of having ties to the Party of Free Life of Kurdistan, as Iran unsettled by Kurdish gains in in Middle East tightens the screws on its Kurdish minority

Lurs: Lurs people estimated at around five million living mainly in south-western Iran's Lorestan, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, Khuzestan, Fars, Bushehr, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, Hamadan, Ilam and Isfahan provinces and are the demographic majority of the provinces of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, Lorestan and Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari - Luri language

Persian people: Persian people, Iranian people who speak the modern Persian language and closely related Iranian dialects and languages - Iranian languages

Gilani people native to the northern Iran province of Gilan - Gilaki language

Mazanderani people's homeland is the North of Iran (Tabaristan) - Mazanderani language

Qashqai people: Qashqai people live in the Iranian provinces of Fars, Khuzestan, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Bushehr and southern Isfahan - Qashqai language

Romani in Iran: Romani in Iran - Persian Romani

Talysh people: Talysh people indigenous to a region shared between Azerbaijan and Iran which spans the South Caucasus and the southwestern shore of the Caspian Sea - Talysh language

Iranian Tats: Tats of Iran living near Alborz Mountains in Iran, especially in the south of Qazvin province - Tati language

Iranian Turkmen: Iranian Turkmen living mainly in Northern and Northeastern of Iran - Turkmen language

Regions, provinces and counties of Iran: In 2014 Iran was administratively divided into five regions - Iran is subdivided into 31 provinces, each governed from a local center, usually the largest local city - Counties of Iran are administrative divisions of larger provinces

Tehran Province is located to the north of the central plateau of Iran

List of cities in Iran: List of cities in Iran

2015: 21 décembre 2015: Pour le troisième jour consécutif les écoles à Téhéran fermées à cause de la pollution qui affecte la capitale et d'autres régions d'Iran

Rural Districts of Iran: Rural Districts of Iran

Culture of Iran: Culture of Iran - Religion and culture in ancient Iran - World Heritage Sites in Iran

Languages of Iran: Languages of Iran

Human rights in Iran and reports: Human rights in Iran

2013: 24 October 2013: No progress for now on Iran rights situation, UN envoy Ahmed Shaheed wrote in a report - 26 October 2013: Iran hangs 16 'rebels' held at a prison in reprisal for Pakistan border killings

2015: 17 March 2015: A sharp rise in executions and crackdown on dissent is cause for concern for UN's special investigator Ahmed Shaheed, saying situation in the country worse since Hassan Rouhani became president in 2013

2015/2016: United Nations OHCHR monitoring Iran's compliance with obligations of human rights treaties

2016: 4 October 2016: UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon has given a damning assessment of human rights in Iran, highlighting the 'alarming rate' of executions, unfair trials and arbitrary detentions in 19-page report - 16 November 2016: General Assembly's human rights committee approved a resolution by a vote of 85 in favor, 35 against and 63 countries abstaining, to cease enforced disappearances and the widespread use of arbitrary detention and has expressed serious concern about severe limitations on freedom of thought, conscience and religion or belief

Judicial system and religion in Iran: Judicial system of Iran - Ideology of the Iranian Revolution - Guardianship of the Islamic Jurists - Islamic Revolutionary Court - Special Clerical Court

Religion in Iran - Islamic Fundamentalism in Iran - Iranian 'Cultural Revolution' 1980–1987 - Guardianship of the Islamic Jurists - Blasphemy law in Iran - Freedom of religion in Iran

2015: 13 October 2015: Salman Rushdie says in Frankfurt, defending freedom of expression, 'we challenge fears, literature is unafraid'

Iranian antisemitism and Holocaust denial: Antisemitism in Iran - 1839 Allahdad violent riot and forced conversion against the Jews of Mashhad, Khorsan, Qajar Iran

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Israel

2006: 2006 Iranian 'International Holocaust Cartoon Competition' - Tehran Holocaust denial conference December 2006: 'International Conference to Review the Global Vision of the Holocaust'

2015: 21 February 2015: As upcoming Tehran competition to offer first place prize of $12,000 for best drawing on Shoah denial, Israel asks UN to condemn Iran Holocaust cartoon contest - 31 March 2015: The commander of the Basij militia of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Reza Naqdi said that 'erasing Israel off the map' is 'nonnegotiable'

2016: 19 January 2016: Unter dem angeblich moderaten iranischen Präsidenten Rouhani soll im Juli 2016 in der Stadt Mashad wieder eine Holocaust-Karikaturen-Ausstellung stattfinden - 28 January 2016: As the global community marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Iran’s Khamenei uploaded a video to his official website questioning the magnitude of the Nazi regime’s mass murder campaign against the Jewish people during World War II - 15 May 2016: As Iran is holding its annual Holocaust denial cartoon contest, Israel's PM Netanyahu says that Iran 'denies the Holocaust, mocks the Holocaust, and is preparing another Holocaust, and I think all the countries of the world need to stand up and condemn this unequivocally'

Women in Iran: Women in Iran - Domestic violence in Iran - Women's rights in Iran - Women's rights movement in Iran

2012: 22 September 2012: Thirty-six universities across Iran have banned women from 77 different majors, including accounting, counselling, and engineering

2013: 16 May 2013: Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi says women cannot be presidential candidates, as 30 women seek to run in the June 14 election - 29 May: UN criticises Iran for excluding women candidates, saying the move violated international law - 18 septembre: Après trois ans passés en prison pour son action en faveur des droits de l'Homme, l'avocate iranienne Nasrin Sotoudeh libérée - 28 octobre 2013: L'actrice Pegah Ahangarani condamnée à 18 mois de prison en raison 'des déclarations politiques et des interviews accordées à des médias hostiles étrangers' selon le régime

2014: 20 May: Hundreds of Iranian women are posting pictures of their bare heads in call for change to Iranian restriction on women attire in public - 25 October 2014: Execution of Reyhaneh Jabbari

2016: 28 April 2016: Many Iranians have co